Bo Elberling - The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research

Curriculum vitae
Bo Elberling
Professor, Dr. Scient, PhD.
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen
Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K., Denmark
Phone: +45 3532 2520 Fax: +45 3532 2501
E-mail: be@geo.ku.dk
Birth and civil status
May 30, 1968 in Viborg (Denmark), married, two children
Scientific education
Bo Elberling
2005 Dr. Scient., environmental biogeochemistry (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
1996 Ph.D., biogeochemistry (Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada & Institute
of Geology, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
1993 M.Sc., hydrogeology (Institute of Geology, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Employment
2007- Professor II (20%), The University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS, Norway
2005- Full professorship in Environmental Geochemistry at Department of Geography,
University of Copenhagen
2002-2007 Guest lecturer, UNIS, The University Courses on Svalbard, Norway
2002-2005 Associated professor, Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen
2001-2005 External associated professor, Institute of Geology, Aarhus University
2000-2002 Associated research professor, Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen
1997-2000 Assistant research professor, Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen
1997 Research scientist (University of Waterloo, Canada, 3 months)
1996-1997 Groundwater and Resources, Aarhus County (groundwater quality in relation to the
Action Plan against Nutrient Pollution)
1995 Hydrogeological Division, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (reporting
on the Danish groundwater quality in relation to the Action Plan against Nutrient
Pollution)
Scholarships and research visits
2010 Research visit to Lincoln University , New Zealand (3 months)
2008 Research visit to University of California, Santa Barbara & University of Arizona,
Tucson (3 months)
2005/06 Research visit to Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury,
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New Zealand and field work in Antarctica (3 months)
2002 Research visit to Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury,
New Zealand and field work in Antarctica (3 months)
2001 Research visit to Institute of Ecology and Resource Management,
University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2 weeks)
2000- Steno scholarship, Danish Natural Science Research Council Steno grant
(3 years)
1999 Research scientist at Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
University of Washington, USA (3 months)
1992/93 Nordic Research Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada (15 months)
Training and qualifications
2009 Research group management and organization (Implement)
2005 Project management – personal resources (DIEU)
2000 International project management (Danish Business School)
1998 Project organization and management (Danish Business School)
1998 Teaching and learning in higher education (University of Copenhagen)
1989 Course in teaching of adults
1988-1989 Officer of Reserve
Bo Elberling
Extensive experience in undertaking field work:
• More than 15 expeditions to Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Antarctica (in total more than
18 months in cold regions)
• Recent field work in Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania and Pacific Islands (Galathea 3)
Teaching
Supervising
At present, supervising four MSc-students and five PhD-students at Department of Geography and
Geology, University of Copenhagen. Completed > 30 MSc-students and 5 PhD-students since 2000.
Present teaching activities
• Field course in physical geography
• Advanced course in soil sciences soil chemistry and pollution
• Methodology and theory on collecting and evaluating measures of the hydrogeochemical
cycling
• Theory of natural sciences (Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen)
• Regular PhD-courses:
o Organic matter in soil; pools and processes [Organized jointly by IGUC]
o COGCI course in Ecosystem processes
o Theory of science, multi-disciplinarity, methodology and research design in spatial
sciences and geography [Organized jointly by IGUC]
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• Geochemistry and speciation modelling/transport (lectures at Geological Institute, Aarhus
University).
• Arctic pollution and heavy metals (lectures at UNIS, The University Courses on Svalbard,
Norway).
Memberships & Special duties
Norges Videnskabsakademi for Polarforskning.
Reviewer for European Journal of Soil Sciences, Water Resources Research, Water, Air and Soil
Pollution, Nature, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Advances in
Ecological Research, Global Change Biology, Applied Geochemistry, Danish Journal of Geography,
Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, Journal of Hydrology,
Organization: Third European Permafrost Conference (international organizing committee) in Svalbard
June 13-17, 2010.
2008- Member of National Research Foundation evaluation board (Norway).
2006- Head of Research group at Institute of Geography and Geology: Terrestrial Ecosystem
Analysis
2005 - Member of the board on the research station Arctic Station, in West Greenland,
University of Copenhagen (http://www.nat.ku.dk/as/)
2004 - Member of Zackenberg Basic Working Group for the Zackenberg Research Station in
NE-Greenland (http://www.zackenberg.dk)
2003 - 2007 Scientific head of the Physical-chemical laboratory at Institute of Geography and
Geology, University of Copenhagen.
Research interests
Biogeochemistry, soil sciences and environmental impact and modelling: My research has been
focused on the controls and environmental impacts resulting from oxidation processes in soils,
including sulphide oxidation and chemical fluxes in frozen soils, heavy metal release and mobilization
and decomposition of organic matter in natural and managed ecosystems. Research is based on field
measurements, laboratory experiments and modelling
Present PI-research projects (externally financed)
2010-2012 PERMGAS: impact on permafrost, gashydrates andperiglacial processes following
climate changes in Greenland (funded by GeoCenter – Denmark).
2010-2011 Environmental studies of Brazilian wetlands in relation to climate change (funded by
Danish Agency for Science).
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2009-2011 Climate changes and kitchen-midden: when permafrost thaw (funded by Augustinus
Fonden).
2009-2011 “Project de faisabilité des resource de l’énergi renouvelables au Mali” (funded by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)
2010-2013 Nitrous oxide dynamics: The missing link between controls on subsurface N2O
production/consumption and net atmospheric emission (funded by Danish Natural
Science Research Council)
2007-2010 Oxygen availability controlling the dynamics of buried organic carbon pools and
greenhouse gas emissions (funded by Danish Natural Science Research Council)
2009-2010 Permafrost observatory in the Nordic Arctic: sensitivity and feedback mechanisms of
permafrost changes (funded ny Norden)
Previous PI-projects
2008-2009 International University Course on High Arctic Permafrost Landscape Dynamics in
Svalbard and Greenland (funded by Nordic Council of Ministers, the TSP Norway
IPY project & UNIS)
2007-2009 Carbon cycling in tundra soils affected by goose grazing and increasing winter snow.
manipulated snow (partly funded by UNIS, University of Copenhagen and Danish
Natural Science Research Council)
2007-2009 The Ikka fiord and carbonate coloums (funded by Villum Kann Rasmussen Fonden)
2005-2009 Soil mapping within High Arctic valley, Zackenberg (funded by Environmental
Department, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Denmark)
2006-2007 The Origin and Genesis of Coastal Barrier Systems (funded by Danish Natural
Science Research Council)
2006-2007 Nitrate reduction in pyritic sediments – biologically driven? (funded by GeoCenter
Copenhagen)
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2004-2006 Snow and temperature control of biogeochemical oxidation processes in natural and
managed High Arctic ecosystems (funded by Danish Natural Science Research
Council)
2003-2006 Natural spatial subsidies in continental Antarctic soils (funded by the Antarctic
Research Committee (ARC) and New Zealand Antarctic Institute)
2004-2005 Carbon sequestration and water quality in forest ecosystems - interactions between
tree species and soil types (funded by SJVF, Danish Agricultural and Veterinary
Research Council)
2002-2005 University Support for Environmental Planning and Management in Vietnam
(USEPAM). The project is funded by DANIDA (Danish International Development
Agency)
2001-2004 Carbon pools and turnover in relation to land use in grassland in Africa: Northern
Senegal and Tanzania (Danish International Development Agency)
2000-2003 Quantification and modelling of gas behaviour and weathering processes in the
unsaturated zone (Danish Natural Science Research Council)
1999-2002 Environmental controls on sulphide oxidation and heavy metal transport and
accumulation in Arctic ecosystems (DANCEA, Environmental Department, Ministry
of Environment and Energy, Denmark)
1996-1999 Chemical fluxes in frozen soil (MIKA, Environmental Department, Ministry of
Environment and Energy, Denmark)
1996-1999 Soil solution chemistry and soil weathering in Arctic soils at Zackenberg, NE-
Greenland (co-operation project with University of Washington, USA)
1997-1999 Soil acidification and pH-measurements of soil solution (Greenland)
1997-1999 Chemical fluxes in mine tailings deposited in Arctic Canada (co-operation project with
University of Waterloo, Canada)
1996-1997 Natural oxidation of sulphide minerals within gossans located in High Arctic
Greenland (Danish Natural Science Research Council)
1995 Field measurements of oxygen uptake in relation to water draw down and atmospheric
pressure cycles (Danish Natural Science Research Council)
1995 Gas transport modelling of oxygen advection and consumption in the unsaturated zone
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Publications
Peer reviewed international papers
Bo Elberling
82. J. Hollesen, B. Elberling & P. E. Jansson (2010) Future active layer dynamics and CO2
production from thawing permafrost layers in Northeast Greenland. Global Change Biology
(in press).
81. Bruun, T.B., Elberling. B., de Neergaard, A. & Magid, J. (2010) Influence of soil type and
land use on SOC dynamics after forest conversion. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
(in press).
80. Mertz O., Birch-Thomsen, T., Rothausen S., Bruun T.B., Elberling B., Thaman R., Reenberg
A., Fog B., Dalsgaard K (2010) Change in shifting cultivation systems of small islands of the
Pacific. Geographical Journal
79. Bruun, T.B., Elberling, B., Christensen, B.T. (2010) Lability of soil organic carbon in tropical
soils with different clay minerals. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42, 888-895.
78. Søndergaard, J., Asmund, G., Johansen, P. & Elberling, B. (2010) Pb isotopes as tracers of
mine-related Pb in lichens, seaweed, and mussels near a former Pb-Zn mine in West
Greenland. Environmental Pollution 158, 1319–1326.
76. Björkman, M.P., Morgner, E., Cooper, E.J., Elberling, B., Klemedtsson & L. Björk, R.G.
(2010) Winter carbon dioxide effluxes from Arctic ecosystems – An overview and comparison
of different methodologies. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB3010,
doi:10.1029/2009GB003667.
75. Breuning-Madsen, H., Bruun, T.B., Elberling, B. (2010) An indigenous soil classification
system for Bellona Island – a raised atoll in the Solomon Islands. Singapore Journal of
Tropical Geography 31, 85-99.
74. Christiansen, J.R., Vesterdal, L., Callesen, I., Elberling, B., Schmidt, I.K. &
Gundersen, P. (2010) The role of six European tree species and land-use legacy for
nitrogen and water budgets in forests. Global Change Biology 16, 2224-2240.
73. Elberling, B., Christiansen, H.H. & Hansen, B.U. (2010). High nitrous oxide production from
thawing permafrost. Nature Geoscience 3, 332-335.
72. Nielsen A.H., Elberling, B. & Pejrup, M. (2010) Soil development rates from an optically
stimulated luminescence-dated beach ridge sequence in Northern Jutland, Denmark. Canadian
Journal of Soil Sciences 90, 295-307.
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71. Björkman, M.P., Morgner, E., Björk, R.G., Cooper, E.J., Elberling, B., Klemedtsson, L. (2010)
A comparison of annual and seasonal carbon dioxide effluxes between subarctic Sweden and
high-arctic Svalbard. Polar Research 29, 75–84.
70. Morgner, E., Elberling, B., Strebel, D., Cooper, E.J. (2010) Controls on soil respiration in a
snow fence experiment in High Arctic Svalbard. Polar Research 29, 58–74.
69. Strebel, D., Elberling, B., Morgner, E., Knicker, H. & Cooper, E.J. (2010) Cold season soil
respiration in response to grazing and warming in the High Arctic Svalbard. Polar Research
29, 46-57.
68. Elberling, B., Breuning-Madsen, H., Hinge, H., Asmund, G. (2010) Heavy metals in 3300year-old
agricultural soils used to assess present soil contamination. European Journal of Soil
Sciences 61, 74–83.
67. Post, E. (et al.), Forchhammer, M.C., Bret-Harte, S., Callaghan, T.V., Christensen, T.R.,
Elberling, B. (2009). Ecological dynamics across the Arctic associated with recent climate
change. Science 325, 1355-1358.
66. Jørgensen, C.J., Jacobsen, O.S., Elberling, B & Aamand, J. (2009) Microbial oxidation of
pyrite coupled to nitrate reduction in anoxic groundwater sediment. Environmental Science
Technology 43, 4851–4857.
65. Hollesen J., Elberling, B. & Hansen, B.U. (2009). Modelling subsurface temperatures in a
heat- producing coal waste rock pile, Svalbard (78˚N). Cold Regions Science and Technology
58, 68-76.
64. Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Gregorich, E.G., Elberling, B., Novis, P., Fraser, F.,
Scrimgeour, C., P.G. Dennis, Meier-Augenstein, W. & Greenfield, L.G. (2009) Isotopic
evidence for the provenance and turnover of organic carbon by soil microorganisms in the
Antarctic dry valleys. Environmental Microbiology 11, 597-608.
63. Breuning-Madsen, H., Elberling, B, Balstrøm, T., Holst, M. & Freudenberg, M. (2009) A
comparison of soil organic carbon stock in ancient and modern land use systems in Denmark.
European Journal of Soil Sciences 60, 55–63.
62. Grunth, N.L., Askaer, L. & Elberling, B. (2008) Oxygen depletion and phosphorus release
following flooding of a cultivated wetland area in Denmark. Danish Journal of Geography
108, 17-25.
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61. Jensen, L. A., Schmidt L.B., Elberling, B., Asmund, G. & Jónsdóttir I.S. (2008).
Environmental impact on an Arctic soil-plant system resulting from metals released from coal
mine waste in Svalbard (78 °N). Water, Air and Soil Pollution 195, 99–114.
59. Søndergaard, J., Elberling, B. & Asmund, G. (2008) Metal speciation and bioavailability in
acid mine drainage from a high Arctic coal mine waste rock pile: temporal variations assessed
through high-resolution water sampling, geochemical modelling and DGT. Cold Regions
Science and Technology 54, 89-96.
58. Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Shillam, L.L., English, L.C., Gregorich, E.G., Dennis, P.G.,
Novis, P. Elberling, B., Gregorich, E.G. & Greenfield, L.G. (2008) Enzymatic activities and
microbial communities in an Antarctic dry valley soil: Responses to C and N supplementation.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40, 2130–2136.
57 Forchhammer, M.C., Christensen, T.R., Hansen, B.U., Tamstorf, M.P., Schmidt, N.M., Høye,
T.T., Nabeielsen, J., Rasch, M., Meltofte, H., Elberling, B. & Post, E. (2008) Zackenberg in a
Circumpolar Context Advances in Ecological Research 40, 499-544.
56 Grøndahl, L., Friborg, T., Christensen, T.R., Ekberg, A, Elberling, B., Illeris, L., Nordstrøm,
C, Rennermalm Å., Sigsgaard, C. & Søgaard, H. (2008) Spatial and Interannual Variability of
Trace Gas Fluxes in a Heterogeneous High Arctic Landscape Advances in Ecological
Research 40, 473-498
55. Elberling, B., Nordstrøm C., Grøndahl, L., Søgaard, H., Friborg, T., Christensen, T.R., Stroem,
L., Marchand, F. & Nijs, I. (2008) High Arctic Soil CO2 and CH4 Production Controlled by
Temperature, Water, Freezing, and Snow. Advances in Ecological Research 40, 441-472.
54. Elberling, B. Tamstorf, M.P, Michelsen, A., Arndal, M.F., Sigsgaard, C., Illeris, L., Bay, C.,
Hansen, B.U., Christensen, T.R., Hansen, E.S., Jakobsen, B.H. & Beyens, L. (2008) Soil and
Plant Community-Characteristics and Dynamics at Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological
Research.40, 223-248.
53. Hasholt, B., Mernild, S.H., Sigsgaard, C. Elberling, B, Petersen, D., Jakobsen, B.H., Hansen,
B.U., Hinkler, J., Soegaard, H. (2008) Hydrology and Transport of Sediment and Solutes at
Zackenberg. Advances in Ecological Research 40, 197-221.
52 Meltofte, H., Christensen, T.R, Elberling, B., Forchhammer, M.C & Rasch, M. (2008)
Introduction. Advances in Ecological Research 40, 1-12.
51. Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Gregorich, E.G., Novis, P., Elberling, B. & Greenfield, L.G.
(2008) Redistributed lacustrine detritus as a spatial subsidy of biological resources for soils in
an Antarctic dry valley. Geoderma 144, 86-92.
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50. Leisz, S.J., Rasmussen, K., Olesen, J.E., Vien, T.D., Elberling, B. & Christiansen L. (2007)
The impacts of local farming system development trajectories on greenhouse gas emissions in
the northern mountains of Vietnam. Regional Environmental Change Journal 4, 187-208.
49. Novis P. M., Whitehead D., Gregorich E. G., Hunt J. E., Sparrow A. D., Hopkins D. W.,
Elberling B., Greenfield L. G. (2007) Annual carbon fixation in terrestrial populations of
Nostoc commune (Cyanobacteria) from an Antarctic dry valley is driven by temperature
regime. Global Change Biology 13, 1224–1237.
48. Birch-Thomsen, T., Elberling, B., Fog, B. & Magid, J. (2007) Temporal and spatial trends in
soil organic carbon stocks following maize cultivation in semi-arid Tanzania, East Africa.
Nutrient cycling in Agroecosystems 79, 291–302.
47. Søndergaard, J., Elberling, B., Asmund, G., Gudum, C. & Iversen, K.M. (2007). Temporal
trends of dissolved weathering products released from a high Arctic coal mine waste rock pile
in Svalbard (78°N). Applied Geochemistry 22, 1025-1038.
46. Elberling, B., Søndergaard, J., Jensen, L.A., Schmidt L.B., Hansen, B.U., Asmund, G., T.
Balić-Žunić, Hollesen, J., Hanson, S., Jansson, P.-E. and Friborg, T. (2007). Arctic vegetation
damage by winter-generated coal mining pollution released upon thawing. Environmental
Science Technology 41, 2407-2413.
45. Elberling, B & Matthiesen H. (2007) Methodological controlled variations in laboratory and
field pH measurements in waterlogged soils. European Journal of Soil Science 58, 207-214.
44. Elberling, B. (2007). Annual soil CO2 effluxes in the High Arctic: The role of snow thickness
and vegetation type. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39, 646-654.
43. Nielsen, A., Murray, A.S., Pejrup, M. & Elberling, B. (2006). Optically stimulated
luminescence dating of a Holocene beach ridge plain in Northern Jutland, Denmark.
Quaternary Geochronology 1(4), 305-312.
42. Hansen B.U., Elberling, B., Humlum, O. & Nielsen N. (2006) Meteorological trends (1991-
2004) at Arctic Station, Central West Greenland (69°15’N) in a 130 years perspective. Danish
Journal of Geography 106, 45-55.
41. Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Novis, P., Gregorich, E.G., Elberling, B. Greenfield, L.G.
(2006) Controls on the distribution of productivity and organic resources in Antarctic dry
valley soils. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273, 2687–2695.
40. Gregorich, E.G., Hopkins, D.W., Elberling, B., Novis, P., Greenfield, L.G., Sparrow, A.D.,
Rochette, P. (2006). Emission of CO2, CH4 and N2O from lakeshore soils in an Antarctic dry
valley. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38, 3120-3129.
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39. Elberling, B., Gregorich, E.G., Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Novis, P. & Greenfield, L.G.,
(2006). Distribution and dynamics of soil organic matter in an Antarctic dry valley. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 38, 3095-3106.
38. Hopkins, D.W., Sparrow, A.D., Elberling, B., Gregorich, E.G., Novis, P., Greenfield, L.G.,
Tilston, E.L. (2006). Carbon, nitrogen and temperature controls on microbial activity in soils
from an Antarctic dry valley. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38, 3130-3140.
37. Christiansen, J.R., Elberling, B. & Jansson, P-E. (2006) Modelling water balance and nitrate
leaching in temperate Norway spruce and beech forests located on the same soil type with the
CoupModel. Forest Ecology & Management 237, 545-556.
36. Jensen, L.A., Schmidt, L.B., Hollesen, J. & Elberling, B. (2006) Accumulation of soil organic
C linked to Holocene sea level changes in West Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine
Research 38, 378–383.
35. Bruun, T. B. Mertz, O. & Elberling, B. (2006) Linking effects of fallow length on soil organic
C, plant-available nutrients and yields of upland rice in shifting cultivation. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 113, 139-149.
34. Humlum, O., Elberling, B., Hormes, A., Fjordheim, K., Hansen, O.H. & Heinemeier, J. (2005)
Late-Holocene glacier growth in Svalbard, documented by subglacial relict vegetation and
living soil microbes. Holocene 15, 396-407.
33. Elberling, B. & Ladegaard-Pedersen, P. (2005) Subsurface CO2 dynamics in temperate beech
and spruce forest stands. Biogeochemistry 75, 479-506.
32. Ladegaard-Pedersen, P., Elberling, B. & Vesterdal, L. (2005) Soil carbon stocks,
mineralization rates, and CO2 effluxes under 10 tree species on contrasting soil types.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35, 1277-1284.
31. Behrensdorff, C., Elberling, B. & Krogh L. (2005) Aluminium release from acidic forest soil
following deforestation and maize cultivation in Ghana, West Africa. West African Journal of
Applied Ecology 8, 99-114.
30. Elberling, B. (2005) Temperature and oxygen control on pyrite oxidation in frozen mine
tailings. Cold Regions Science and Technology 41, 121-133.
29. Elberling, B., Jakobsen, B.H., Berg, P., Søndergaard, J. & Sigsgaard, C. (2004) Influence of
vegetation and water content on soil carbon distribution and mineralization in four High Arctic
soils. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 36(4), 528-538.
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28. Søgaard, H., Sørensen, L., Rysgaard, S., Grøndahl, L., Elberling, B., Friborg, T., Larsen, S.E.
& Bendtsen, J. (2004) High Artic carbon sink identification – a systems approach. Global
Change NewsLetter 59, 11-14.
27. Elberling, B. (2004) Disposal of mine tailings in continuous permafrost areas: environmental
aspects and future control strategies. In: Cryosols. Permafrost-affected soils. (Ed. J.M.
Kimble), 677-698. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
26. Elberling, B., Fensholt, R., Larsen, L., Petersen, A-I.S. & Sandholt, I. (2003) Water content
and land use history controlling soil CO2 respiration and carbon stock in savannah soil and
groundnut fields in semi-arid Senegal. Danish Journal of Geography 103, 47-56.
25. Elberling, B., Touré, A. & Rasmussen, K. (2003) Changes in soil organic matter following
groundnut-millet cropping at three locations in semi-arid Senegal, West Africa. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 96, 37-47.
24. Elberling, B. (2003) Seasonal trends of soil CO2 dynamics in a soil subject to freezing.
Journal of Hydrology 276, 159-175.
23. Elberling, B., Zunic, T.B. & Edsberg, A. (2003) Spatial variations and controls of acid mine
drainage generation. Environmental Geology 43, 806-813.
22. Elberling, B., Knudsen, K.L., Kristensen, P.H. & Asmund, G. (2003) Applying foraminiferal
stratigraphy as a biomarker for heavy metal contamination and mining impact in a fiord in
West Greenland. Marine Environmental Research 55(3), 235-256.
21. Elberling, B. & Brandt, K.K. (2003) Uncoupling of microbial CO2 production and CO2 release
in frozen soil and its implications for field studies of arctic C cycling. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 35, 263-272.
20. Breuning-Madsen, H., Holst, M.K., Rasmussen, M. & Elberling, B. (2003) The preservation of
human bodies in Burial Mounds from the South Scandinavian Early Bronze Age. Journal of
Archaelogical Science 30, 343-350.
19. Elberling, B., Asmund G., Kunzendorf, H. & Krogstad, E.J. (2002) Geochemical trends in
metal-contaminated fiord sediments near a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland. Applied
Geochemistry 17(4), 493-502.
18. Christiansen, H.H., Bennike, O., Böcher, J., Elberling, B., Humlum, O. & Jakobsen, B.H.
(2002) Holocene environmental reconstruction from deltaic deposits in northeast Greenland.
Journal of Quaternary Science 17, 145-160.
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17. Elberling, B. (2001) Control Strategies for acid mine drainage in Arctic regions. In: Mining in
the Arctic (eds. H.K.Olsen, L. Lorentzen & O. Rendal) A.A. Balkema Publishers, The
Netherlands, 37-48.
16. Elberling, B., Asmund, G., Balic-Zunic, T., Rohwerder, T. & Sand, W. (2001) Reactivity of
covered uldific waste near Maarmorilik in West Greenland. In: Mining in the Arctic (eds.
H.K.Olsen, L. Lorentzen & O. Rendal) A.A. Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands, 11-16.
15. Elberling, B. & Damgaard, L.R. (2001) Micro-scale measurements of oxygen diffusion and
consumption in subaqueous sulfide tailings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65(12), 1897-
1905.
14. Kyhn, C. & Elberling, B. (2001) Frozen cover strategies for preventing acid mine drainage
from sulfidic tailings deposited on land in Arctic Canada. Cold Regions Science and
Technology 32(2-3), 133-142.
13. Elberling, B. (2001) Environmental controls of the seasonal variations in oxygen uptake in
sulfidic tailings deposited in a permafrost-affected area. Water Resources Research 37(1), 99-
107.
12. Elberling, B. & Jakobsen, B.H. (2000) Soil solution pH measurements using in-line chambers
with tension lysimeters. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 80(2), 283-288.
11. Rasch, M., Elberling, B., Jakobsen, B.J. & Hasholt, B. (2000) High resolution measurements
of water discharge, sediment and solute transport in the River Zackenbergelven, Northeast
Greenland. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 32(3), 336-345.
10. Elberling, B., Schippers, A. & Sand, W. (2000) Bacterial and chemical oxidation of pyritic
mine tailings at low temperatures. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 41(3-4), 225-238.
9. Elberling, B. & Langdahl, B.R. (1998) Natural heavy metal release from sulphide oxidation in
the High Arctic. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 35, 1-7.
8. Elberling, B. & Jakobsen, B.H. (1998) Processes controlling soil water chemistry in the High
Arctic Greenland. Earth Cryosphere 2(1), 79-85.
7. Elberling, B., Larsen, F., Christensen, S., & Postma, D. (1998) Gas transport in a confined
unsaturated zone during atmospheric pressure cycles. Water Resources Research 34(11),
2855-2862.
6. Langdahl, B.R. & Elberling, B. (1997) Resources of the sedimentary basins of North and
Eastern Greenland: microbes and their role in degradation of exposed massive sulfides at
Citronen Fjord, NE-Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 176, 39-43.
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5. Elberling, B. (1996) Gas phase diffusion coefficients in cemented porous media. Journal of
Hydrology 178, 93-108.
4. Elberling, B. & Nicholson, R.V. (1996) Field measurements of oxygen diffusion and sulphide
oxidation in mine tailings. Water Resources Research 32(6), 1773-1784.
3. Elberling, B., Nicholson, R.V. & Scharer, J.M. (1994) A combined kinetic and diffusion
model for pyrite oxidation in tailings: a change in control with time. Journal of Hydrology
157, 47-60.
2. Elberling, B., Nicholson, R.V., Reardon, E.J. & Tibble, P. (1994) Evaluation of sulphide
oxidation rates - a laboratory study comparing oxygen fluxes and rates of oxidation product
release. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 31, 375-383.
1. Elberling, B., Nicholson, R.V. & Darren, D.V. (1993) Field evaluation of sulphide oxidation
rates. Nordic Hydrology 24(5), 323-338.
Danish papers
35. Elberling, B. & Hollesen, J. (2010) Permafrosten tør – hvad ved vi om bidrgaet til det globale
drivhusgasbudget? Geografisk Orientering, August (8), 27-31.
34. Elberling, B. (2010) Permafrost og lattergas. Aktuel Naturvidenskab 2, 10-14.
33. Elberling, B, Sigsgaard, C. & Christensen, T.R. (2010) Jord, permafrost og kulstof. I:
Forchhammer, M.C., Meltofte, H. & Rasch, M. (eds.) 2009: Naturen og klimaændringerne i
Nordøstgrønland. Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 128 s. (illustreret).
32. Elberling, B, Sigsgaard, C. & Christensen, T.R. (2008) Zackenberg – jord, permafrost og
kulstof. Naturens Verden 7-8, 52-61
31. Rasmussen, K., Mertz, O., Bruun, T.B., Birch-Thomsen, T., Fog, B., Agergaard, J., Reenberg,
A., Christensen, A.E., Kristensen, S., May, W., Birk, T., Rothausen, S.G.S.A., Breuning-
Madsen, H., Krogh, L. & Elberling, B. (2007). Levevilkår på små øer i Stillehavet (CLIP).
Geoviden 3, 8-11.
30. Elberling, B. (2007) Kulstof. Geografi, Det Kongelige Geografisk Selskabs Årsskrift 2, 28-31.
29. Elberling, B. (2007) Når varmt mineaffald bliver et problem i kolde egne. Naturens Verden
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28. Elberling, B., Breuning-Madsen, H., Bruun, T.B. & Mertz, O. (2007) Bellona – en Stillehavsø
under forandring. Aktuel Naturvidenskab
27. Elberling, B. (2006) Den tilsyneladende golde jord i Garwood Valley. Geografi, Det
Kongelige Geografisk Selskabs Årsskrift 1, 34-38.
26. Anderberg, S., Elberling, B., Krogh, L., Rasmusen, K., Søgaard, H. & Birch-Thomsen, T.
(2006) Klima, Klimaproblematikken og kulstofkredsløbet. Geoviden 2, 1-20.
25. Dam, R.S, Holtze, M.S., Jacobsen, O.S., Elberling, B. & Aamand, J. (2006). Variation i
nedbrydning af BAM. Vand & Jord, 13 (2), 56-59.
24. Hansen, B.U., Elberling, B., Hollesen, J & Nielsen, N. (2006) Vejret og klimaet. Arktisk
Station – 100 år, 44-57.
23. Elberling, B. (2006) Puljer og omsætning i jorderne på Disko. Arktisk Station – 100 år, 214-
219.
22. Hinge, H., Elberling, B., Asmund, G. & Breuning-Madsen, H. (2005) Tungmetaller i danske
jordtyper- baggrundsværdier og koncentrationsændringer gennem de sidste 3000 år. Vand &
Jord, 12(2), 66-70.
21. Elberling, B. (2005) Jordbund og klima på Grønland. Geografisk Orientering (4), 170-175.
20. Elberling, B. (2005) Den tilsyneladende golde jord i Garwood Valley. Geografi (1), 34-39.
19. Elberling, B. (2005) Miljø og tungmetaller ved råstofudvinding i Grønland. Geoviden 1, 14-19.
18. Elberling, B. & Humlum, O. (2004) Et levende klimarkiv. Indblik – Morgenavisen Jyllands-
Posten 1. februar, side 10.
17. Elberling, B. & Humlum, O. (2003) Et levende klimarkiv. Aktuel Naturvidenskab 6, 8-11.
16. Rasmussen, K. & Elberling, B. (2003) Kyoto, kulstofkredsløbet og ulandene – globale
klimaændringer i et lokalt perspektiv. I: Geografiernes Globalisering – geografi om
globalisering (Eds. Agergaard & Winther), 220-237. Akademisk Forlag, Denmark.
15. Elberling, B. (2001) Blyforurening og kildesporing i forbindelse med minedrift i Grønland.
Naturens Verden 84, 32-43.
14. Hasholt, B. & Elberling, B. (2001) Det hydrologiske kredsløb: det strømmende vand som
landskabsdanner. I: Vandet i landskabet. (Ed. L. Kristensen) Landskabsøkologiske Skrifter nr.
14., 1-8. Center for Landskabsforskning. Roskilde Universitet, Denmark.
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13. Elberling, B. & Jakobsen, B.H. (2000) Jordbundsudvikling: før og nu. Kaskelot, 24-27.
12. Elberling, B. (2000) Naturlig forvitring af sulfidholdige bjergarter: en kilde til okker og
tungmetal-belastning i Citronen Fjord. Topografisk Atlas Grønland, 104-105.
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11. Elberling, B. (2000) Minedrift i Maarmorilik: når natur, fangerkultur og økonomiske interesser
brydes. Topografisk Atlas Grønland, 228-229.
10. Elberling, B. (1999) Minedrift i Arktis. Naturens Verden 9, 22-33.
9. Elberling, B. (1998) Miljø, Permafrost og mineaffald - om følgerne af minedrift i Arktis.
Geologisk Nyt 6, 3-5.
8. Elberling, B., Larsen, F., Christensen, S. & Postma, D. (1998) Oxidation af pyrit i Beder
Magasinet 2: Transport af ilt. Vand & Jord 5(2), 58-61.
7. Langdahl, B.R., Jensen, S.M., Kragh K. & Elberling, B. (1998) ‘Naturlig forurening' ved
Citronen Fjord i Nordgrønland og bakteriers rolle i forvitring af metalsulfidholdige bjergarter.
Naturens Verden 2, 61-69.
6. Elberling, B., Larsen, F. & Rasmussen, L. (1997) Atmosfæriske trykvariationers indvirkning
på grundvandets kvalitet. Vejret 71, 14-20.
5. Elberling, B., Thorling, L., & Misser, P. (1997) Det kan være surt at måle pH! Vand & Jord
4(4), 150-152.
4. Larsen, F., Postma, D., Sørensen, K.I. & Elberling, B. (1997) Pyritoxidation og dannelse af
sulfat og nikkel i Beder magasinet. ATV- Grundvandsforskning i Danmark 1992-1996, 43-55.
3. Elberling, B. (1996) Grundvandets kvalitet - hovedbestanddele. Vandforsyningsteknik 45, 59-
77.
2. Normand, G. & Elberling, B. (1994) Kvartærgeologi i Island. Geologisk Nyt 4, 19-21.
1. Elberling, B. (1993) Gastransport - en miljøregulerende faktor. Geologisk Nyt 4, 18-19.
Theses, chapters in books and scientific reports
14 Elberling, B. & Christiansen, H.H. (2009) The sensitivity of polar permafrost landscapes to
climate changes. I: 14th Annual Report for ZERO, Zackenberg Ecological Research
Operation. p. 83-84. Danish Polar Center, Denmark.
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13. Elberling, B. (2005) Subsurface Oxygen Consumption - Environmental Controls & Impacts.
DSc-thesis accepted by the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Folia
Geographica Danica · TOM XXIII, 164 pages.
12. Borggaard, O.K. & Elberling, B. (2004) Pedological Biogeochemistry. Institute of
Geography, Copenhagen, part 1 and 2, 487 pages. (1. edition in 2003).
11. Elberling, B. (2000) Vandets kredsløb. Geografiske Verdensbilleder, 92-107. Gyldendal,
Denmark.
10. Elberling, B. (1998) Grundvandskemi. I: Vandforsyning, 83-102. Teknisk Forlag, Denmark.
9. Elberling, B. & Jakobsen, B.H. (1997) Water chemistry during snow melt and soil thawing in
a permafrost area. I: 2nd Annual Report for ZERO, Zackenberg Ecological Research
Operation. p. 20, 52. Danish Polar Center, Denmark.
8. Elberling, B. (1997) Ilttransport og sulfatdannelse i relation til grundvandsindvinding i Beder.
Århus Amt - Natur og Miljø, 24 pages.
7. Elberling, B., Jakobsen, B.H., & Dalsgaard, K. (1997) 14C dating of a buried podzol. 3nd
Annual Report for ZERO, Zackenberg Ecological Research Operation, pp. 44-45.
6. Elberling, B. & Jakobsen, B.H. (1997) Soil solution and acidification of Arctic brown soils.
3rd Annual Report for ZERO, Zackenberg Ecological Research Operation, p. 44.
5. Elberling, B. (1996) Oxygen transport and consumption in the unsaturated zone. Aarhus
Geoscience - PhD thesis, vol. 3, 56 pages + 6 appendixes.
4. Elberling, B. & Larsen, F. (1995) Overordnet inddeling af grundvandet (Chapter 7). I
Grundvandsovervågning 1995 (ed: O.S. Jacobsen), 63-82. GEUS, særudgivelse.
3. Elberling, B. & Nyegaard, P. (1995) Grundvandets hovedkomponenter (Chapter 8). I
Grundvandsovervågning 1995 (ed: O.S. Jacobsen), 83-132. GEUS, særudgivelse.
2. Elberling, B. (1994) Sulphide oxidation and oxygen gas diffusion in the vadose zone. MSc
thesis. Institute of Geology, Aarhus University.
1. Elberling, B. & Nicholson, R.V. (1994) Oxygen consumption measurements of fine rain
covers at the new tailings pond, Falconbridge, Ontario, Sudbury Operation, Ontario, Canada.
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