Mapping permafrost and ground-ice related coastal erosion on Herschel Island, southern Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada

• Main Author: Lantuit, Hugues
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2004
• Subjects: Coast changes > Yukon > Herschel Island; Erosion > Yukon > Herschel Island; Frozen ground > Yukon > Herschel Island; Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Beaufort Sea; Climate change; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82270

Climate change and warming have been linked to enhanced coastal erosion in the arctic. Specifically, permafrost is believed to be thawing at greater rates, and wave dynamics are expected to increase in intensity. As a result, thermokarst activity, which includes the occurrence of retrogressive thaw...