The Role of Thermal Denudation in Erosion of Ice-Rich Permafrost Coasts in an Enclosed Bay (Gulf of Kruzenstern, Western Yamal, Russia)

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Alisa Baranskaya, Anna Novikova, Natalya Shabanova, Nataliya Belova, Stepan Maznev, Stanislav Ogorodov, Benjamin M. Jones
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: coastal erosion; permafrost; thermoabrasion; wave energy; massive ice beds; coastal retreat rates; Science; Q; Arctic; Kara Sea; Kharasavey; Sharapovy Koshki; Ice; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.566227; https://doaj.org/article/82e9e15b59484646b7b6e68a90d96fed

Coastal erosion in the Arctic has numerous internal and external environmental drivers. Internal drivers include sediment composition, permafrost properties and exposure which contribute to its spatial variability, while changing hydrometeorological conditions act as external drivers and determine t...