Coastal erosion dynamics and storm characteristics of Bykovsky Peninsula

• Main Authors: Lantuit, Hugues, Atkinson, David, Overduin, Pier Paul, Grigoriev, Mikhail N, Rachold, Volker, Grosse, Guido, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: AWI_PerDyn; Bykovsky_Peninsula; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI; Sakha Republic; Russia; Ice; International Polar Year; lena river; permafrost; Polar Research; Sakha; Sea ice; Thermokarst; Tiksi; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810061; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.810061

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...