Seawater Intrusion on the Arctic Coast (Svalbard): The Concept of Onshore-Permafrost Wedge

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Author: Marek Kasprzak
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: permafrost base; permafrost wedge; seawater intrusion; coast; electrical resistivity tomography; electromagnetic induction; geophysical imaging; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Arctic; Wedel Jarlsberg Land; Wedel-Jarlsberg; glacier; permafrost; wedge*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10090349

Numerous hydrogeological studies on the coastal zone describe the intrusion of sea water inland, salting underground aquifers. The phenomenon is commonly observed in the coasts outside polar areas. However, the impact of sea water has so far not been an object of detailed investigation in a periglac...