Assessing Stability of Coastal Bluffs Due to Combined Actions of Waves and Changing Ambient Temperatures in the Arctic

• Main Author: Schneider, Agnes Katharina
• Other Authors: Lubbad, Raed Khalil, Depina, Ivan, Afzal, Mohammad Saud
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2017
• Subjects: Bygg- og miljøteknikk; Vann og miljø; Arctic; The Bluff; Baydara Bay; Climate change; Global warming; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2484205

The Arctic coastal zone is characterized by high erosion rates, which are on average 0,5 m/year but can reach up locally to 25 m/year and therefore endanger coastal infrastructure. Additionally, the global warming takes place twice as fast in the Arctic than in the rest of world, resulting in an exp...