Post‐Little Ice Age Development of a High Arctic Paraglacial Beach Complex

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Mateusz C. Strzelecki, Antony J. Long, Jerry M. Lloyd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Billefjorden; Ebbaelva; Petuniabukta; Svalbard; Ice; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1879

We reconstruct the behaviour of a High Arctic gravel‐dominated beach complex that has developed in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard, since the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). The studied coastal environment in northern Billefjorden (Petuniabukta) is characterised by limited wave action and ephemeral s...