Modern deposition rates and patterns of organic carbon burial in Fiordland, New Zealand

This publication looks at patterns of organic carbon burial in Fiordland, New Zealand. Fjords are disproportionately important for global organic carbon burial relative to their spatial extent and may be important in sequestering atmospheric CO2, providing a negative climate feedback. Organic carbon burial in marine sediments has been recognized as a driver of long-term dynamics in the global carbon cycle, as well as a control on atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Characterizing the rate and nature of sediment accumulation in areas of high OC burial is key to advancing understanding of global carbon dynamics.