1. Abundance and Stable Carbon Analysis of PFLAs in Association with Methane Hydrates in the Arctic Ocean
Randolph Larsen, Chemistry & Biochemistry, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
The 2009 MITAS research expedition was an integrated geophysics, geochemistry, and microbiology research plan designed to address the relative contributions of permafrost and coastal hydrate contributions to the sediment and water column carbon cycling.
Piston coring and vibrocoring were conducted along the US coast of the Beaufort Sea aboard the USCGC Polar Sea.
Piston Core
Sampling Sites
Samples from each core were collected for analysis of
Biochemical markers to better understand carbon cycling
associated with methane hydrates.
Dr. Larsen holding a section of sediment core.