Coastal erosion dynamics on the permafrost-dominated Bykovsky Peninsula, north Siberia, 1951-2006

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Lantuit, Hugues, Atkinson, David, Overduin, Pier Paul, Grigoriev, Mikhail, Rachold, Volker, Grosse, Guido, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: coastal erosion; permafrost; Arctic; climate change; Russia; Tiksi; Climate change; Ice; lena river; Polar Research; Sea ice; Thermokarst; Siberia
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3030; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7341

This study investigates the rate of erosion during the 1951-2006 period on the Bykovsky Peninsula, located north-east of the harbour town of Tiksi, north Siberia. Its coastline, which is characterized by the presence of ice-rich sediment (Ice Complex) and the vicinity of the Lena River Delta, retrea...