Mass wasting and coastal erosion on Yukon Coast and Herschel Island
Erosion rates along permafrost coastlines are among the fastest in the world, despite the fact that they are only ice free for 3-4 months of the year. Yearly coastal erosion rates of up to 20 m were recorded along ice rich and unconsolidated coasts of the Beaufort and Laptev Sea. Coastal erosion can...
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Format: | Conference Object |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41120/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48706 |