Arctic Deltas

• Main Author: Walker, H. Jesse
• 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; Arctic; Alaska; Canada; Russia; coastline; deltas; deltaic processes; permafrost; Arctic; Canada; Yenisey; Yukon; Ice; permafrost; wedge*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/80664

Arctic river deltas are among the most unique and fragile of deltas to be found on earth. Leading to this uniqueness and fragility are the interactions between geologic, oceanographic, climatologic, biologic, and cryospheric activities that occur in high latitudes. These interactions are analyzed at...