Coastal erosion dynamics on the permafrost-dominated Bykovsky Peninsula, north Siberia, 1951–2006

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Hugues Lantuit, David Atkinson, Pier Paul Overduin, Mikhail Grigoriev, Volker Rachold, Guido Grosse, Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2011
• Subjects: Coastal erosion; permafrost; Arctic; climate change; Russia; geo; envir; Tiksi; Climate change; Ice; lena river; Polar Research; Sea ice; Thermokarst; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v30i0.7341; https://doaj.org/article/e7e7973a31c54bb58f218b9c33816a8e

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...