Thermal and Mechanical Modeling of Coastal Erosion Processes on Tuktoyaktuk Island, Northwest Territories ...
Arctic coasts are particularly vulnerable to rapid and extreme erosion due to the presence of ice-rich permafrost sediment, with erosion rates varying anywhere from 1 to 20 m/yr in the region. Erosion is limited to the open-water season such that the factors controlling rates of erosion are warmer a...
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Schulich School of Engineering
2021
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/39266 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/113949 |