Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015
To better understand the reaction of Arctic coasts to increasing environmental pressure, coastal changes along a 210-km length of the Yukon Territory coast in north-west Canada were investigated. Shoreline positions were acquired from aerial and satellite images between 1951 and 2011. Shoreline chan...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:47905 2024-09-09T19:26:35+00:00 Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 Irrgang, Anna M. Lantuit, Hugues Manson, G. K. Günther, Frank Grosse, Guido Overduin, Paul 2018-04-26 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47905/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47905/1/Irrgang_et_al_2018_JGR_EarthSurface.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.77ad839b-b943-4797-99ed-f3eb7c11f928 unknown Wiley https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47905/1/Irrgang_et_al_2018_JGR_EarthSurface.pdf Irrgang, A. M. orcid:0000-0002-8158-9675 , Lantuit, H. orcid:0000-0003-1497-6760 , Manson, G. K. , Günther, F. orcid:0000-0001-8298-8937 , Grosse, G. orcid:0000-0001-5895-2141 and Overduin, P. orcid:0000-0001-9849-4712 (2018) Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 , Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 123 , pp. 779-800 . doi:10.1002/2017JF004326 <https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004326> , hdl:10013/epic.77ad839b-b943-4797-99ed-f3eb7c11f928 EPIC3Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, Wiley, 123, pp. 779-800, ISSN: 0148-0227 Article isiRev 2018 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004326 2024-06-24T04:21:00Z To better understand the reaction of Arctic coasts to increasing environmental pressure, coastal changes along a 210-km length of the Yukon Territory coast in north-west Canada were investigated. Shoreline positions were acquired from aerial and satellite images between 1951 and 2011. Shoreline change rates were calculated for multiple time periods along the entire coast and at six key sites. Additionally, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) measurements of shoreline positions from seven field sites were used to analyze coastal dynamics from 1991 to 2015 at higher spatial resolution. The whole coast has a consistent, spatially averaged mean rate of shoreline change of 0.7 ± 0.2 m/a with a general trend of decreasing erosion from west to east. Additional data from six key sites shows that the mean shoreline change rate decreased from �1.3 ± 0.8 (1950s–1970s) to �0.5 ± 0.6 m/a (1970s–1990s). This was followed by a significant increase in shoreline change to �1.3 ± 0.3 m/a in the 1990s to 2011. This increase is confirmed by DGPS measurements that indicate increased erosion rates at local rates up to �8.9 m/a since 2006. Ground surveys and observations with remote sensing data indicate that the current rate of shoreline retreat along some parts of the Yukon coast is higher than at any time before in the 64-year-long observation record. Enhanced availability of material in turn might favor the buildup of gravel features, which have been growing in extent throughout the last six decades. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Yukon Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Yukon Canada Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 123 4 779 800 |
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To better understand the reaction of Arctic coasts to increasing environmental pressure, coastal changes along a 210-km length of the Yukon Territory coast in north-west Canada were investigated. Shoreline positions were acquired from aerial and satellite images between 1951 and 2011. Shoreline change rates were calculated for multiple time periods along the entire coast and at six key sites. Additionally, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) measurements of shoreline positions from seven field sites were used to analyze coastal dynamics from 1991 to 2015 at higher spatial resolution. The whole coast has a consistent, spatially averaged mean rate of shoreline change of 0.7 ± 0.2 m/a with a general trend of decreasing erosion from west to east. Additional data from six key sites shows that the mean shoreline change rate decreased from �1.3 ± 0.8 (1950s–1970s) to �0.5 ± 0.6 m/a (1970s–1990s). This was followed by a significant increase in shoreline change to �1.3 ± 0.3 m/a in the 1990s to 2011. This increase is confirmed by DGPS measurements that indicate increased erosion rates at local rates up to �8.9 m/a since 2006. Ground surveys and observations with remote sensing data indicate that the current rate of shoreline retreat along some parts of the Yukon coast is higher than at any time before in the 64-year-long observation record. Enhanced availability of material in turn might favor the buildup of gravel features, which have been growing in extent throughout the last six decades. |
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Irrgang, Anna M. Lantuit, Hugues Manson, G. K. Günther, Frank Grosse, Guido Overduin, Paul |
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Irrgang, Anna M. Lantuit, Hugues Manson, G. K. Günther, Frank Grosse, Guido Overduin, Paul Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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Irrgang, Anna M. Lantuit, Hugues Manson, G. K. Günther, Frank Grosse, Guido Overduin, Paul |
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Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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Variability in Rates of Coastal Change Along the Yukon Coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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variability in rates of coastal change along the yukon coast, 1951 to 2015 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47905/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/47905/1/Irrgang_et_al_2018_JGR_EarthSurface.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.77ad839b-b943-4797-99ed-f3eb7c11f928 |
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