Vulnerability of a subarctic barrier spit to global warming induced changes in storm surge and wave runup: Shaktoolik, Alaska
The native Inupiaq community of Shaktoolik, in northwestern Alaska, is located on a low-lying barrier spit in Norton Sound. The inhabited portion of the spit is 7.1 m above MLLW at its highest and only ~200 m across. The community is vulnerable to marine flooding on both the open ocean and lagoon si...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2012
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1xd4884z http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m59s1sqd |