Effect of Meteorological Patterns on the Intensity of Streambank Erosion in a Proglacial Gravel-Bed River (Spitsbergen)

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Waldemar Kociuba, Grzegorz Janicki
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: streambank erosion; proglacial gravel-bed river; Spitsbergen; Scott River; Scott Glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w10030320

Lower parts of proglacial rivers are commonly assumed to be characterised by a multiannual aggradation trend, and streambank erosion is considered to occur rarely and locally. In the years 2009–2013, detailed measurements of channel processes were performed in the Scott River (SW Spitsbergen). More...