A Review of Beach Nourishment From Ice Transport of Shoreface Materials, Beaufort Sea, Alaska

• Main Authors: Reimnitz, Erk, Barnes, P. W., Harper, J. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Coastal Research 2012
• Subjects: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ice push; ice shove; ride-up; pile-up; ice gouging; polar beaches; sediment supply; Arctic barriers; beach morphology; sea ice; northern Alaska; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrier Islands; Barrier Island; Beaufort Sea; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/79683

Ice encroachment onto land occurs mainly during the period of complete ice cover and takes two basic forms, both of which are associated with sediment transport to differing degrees. In ice ride-up, unbroken sheets slide over frozen to shallowly thawed beaches or barriers for distances from 1 to ove...