Conceptualizing delta forms and processes in Arctic coastal environments

• Published in: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Main Authors: Bendixen, Mette, Kroon, Aart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Skansen; Tuapaat; Disko Bay
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.4097; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.4097; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.4097

Abstract Climate warming in the Arctic directly causes two opposite changes in Arctic coastal systems: increased melt‐water discharge through rivers induces extra influx of sediments and extended open water season increases wave impact which reworks and erodes the shores. A shoreline change analysis...