Relation between planimetric and volumetric measurements of permafrost coast erosion: a case study from Herschel Island, western Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jaroslav Obu, Hugues Lantuit, Michael Fritz, Wayne H. Pollard, Torsten Sachs, Frank Günther
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2016
• Subjects: Coastal erosion; LiDAR; carbon fluxes; mass wasting; landslides; digital elevation model; geo; envir; Arctic; Herschel Island; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.30313; https://doaj.org/article/e3810597321741349cf6c185b27403b5

Ice-rich permafrost coasts often undergo rapid erosion, which results in land loss and release of considerable amounts of sediment, organic carbon and nutrients, impacting the near-shore ecosystems. Because of the lack of volumetric erosion data, Arctic coastal erosion studies typically report on pl...