Inundation, sedimentation, and subsidence creates goose habitat along the Arctic coast of Alaska

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Ken D Tape, Paul L Flint, Brandt W Meixell, Benjamin V Gaglioti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2013
• Subjects: coastal erosion; geese; grazing lawn; landscape change; permafrost; subsidence; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Brant; Garry; Branta bernicla; Ice; Sea ice; Thermokarst; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045031; https://doaj.org/article/0eea1f057aad446fb13aa7ab3d90764d

The Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska is characterized by thermokarst lakes and drained lake basins, and the rate of coastal erosion has increased during the last half-century. Portions of the coast are <1 m above sea level for kilometers inland, and are underlain by ice-rich permafrost. Increased s...