Rapid coastal erosion of ice-bonded deposits on Pelly Island, southeastern Beaufort Sea, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, western Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Malenfant, François, Whalen, D., Fraser, P., van Proosdij, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Mackenzie Delta; Pelly Island; Beaufort Sea; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2021-0118; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2021-0118; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2021-0118

This paper quantifies rates of shoreline change and investigates the influence of surficial geology on shoreline dynamics between 1950 and 2018 on Pelly Island, located 10 km off the Mackenzie Delta. Long-term changes in shoreline position were calculated using imagery analysis and Analysing Moving...