Mass wasting and coastal erosion on Yukon Coast and Herschel Island

• Main Authors: Obu, Jaroslav, Lantuit, Hugues, Günther, Frank, Grosse, Guido, Sachs, Torsten, Fritz, Michael
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Herschel Island; Laptev Sea; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; laptev; permafrost
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/41120/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.48706

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...