Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada)
As the Arctic is warming, permafrost coasts are eroding faster, threatening coastal communities, habitats, and altering sediment and nutrient budgets. The western Canadian Arctic is eroding at a rapid pace; however, little is known on changes occurring in the Amundsen Gulf area. This study was condu...
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ftunivalgarve:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/19403 2023-05-15T13:22:53+02:00 Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) Tanguy, Rodrigue Whalen, Dustin Prates, Gonçalo Vieira, Gonçalo 2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19403 https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0028 eng eng Canadian Science Publishing info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/773421/EU http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19403 doi:10.1139/AS-2022-0028 2368-7460 openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Coastal dynamics Permafrost Darnley Bay Carbon fluxes Remote sensing article 2023 ftunivalgarve https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0028 2023-04-12T00:06:22Z As the Arctic is warming, permafrost coasts are eroding faster, threatening coastal communities, habitats, and altering sediment and nutrient budgets. The western Canadian Arctic is eroding at a rapid pace; however, little is known on changes occurring in the Amundsen Gulf area. This study was conducted in the eastern coast of Parry Peninsula, a neglected rock dominated coastal area. We used orthorectified aerial photos of 1965 and 1993 and very high-resolution satellite imagery of 2020 to manually delineate the shoreline according to backshore and foreshore centered approaches. Shoreline change rates were calculated and sediment and organic carbon transfer from land to sea estimated using digital elevation model, the Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database, and ground ice content. The results show a mean erosion rate of 0.12 m/yr for the backshore zone and 0.16 m/yr for the foreshore zone, with increasing erosion in the Paulatuk Peninsula in recent decades. The average sediment transfer from land to sea was 20 m3/m/yr and the soil organic carbon (SOC) flux was 7 kg C/m/yr. We highlight the importance of using the cliff-top as shoreline reference to accurately estimate sediment and SOC transfers, an approach neglected in automatic shoreline delineation techniques based on remote sensing imagery using the waterline. Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Climate Change Geoscience Program, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) through the Beaufort Sea; Regional Strategic Environment and Research Assessment (BRSEA); European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program; Community of Paulatuk info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Gulf Arctic Beaufort Sea Climate change Darnley Bay Ice Parry Peninsula Paulatuk permafrost Universidade do Algarve: Sapienta Arctic Canada Darnley ENVELOPE(69.717,69.717,-67.717,-67.717) Darnley Bay ENVELOPE(-123.671,-123.671,69.584,69.584) Parry ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) Parry Peninsula ENVELOPE(-30.000,-30.000,-79.500,-79.500) Paulatuk ENVELOPE(-123.985,-123.985,69.325,69.325) Arctic Science |
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Coastal dynamics Permafrost Darnley Bay Carbon fluxes Remote sensing Tanguy, Rodrigue Whalen, Dustin Prates, Gonçalo Vieira, Gonçalo Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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As the Arctic is warming, permafrost coasts are eroding faster, threatening coastal communities, habitats, and altering sediment and nutrient budgets. The western Canadian Arctic is eroding at a rapid pace; however, little is known on changes occurring in the Amundsen Gulf area. This study was conducted in the eastern coast of Parry Peninsula, a neglected rock dominated coastal area. We used orthorectified aerial photos of 1965 and 1993 and very high-resolution satellite imagery of 2020 to manually delineate the shoreline according to backshore and foreshore centered approaches. Shoreline change rates were calculated and sediment and organic carbon transfer from land to sea estimated using digital elevation model, the Northern Circumpolar Soil Carbon Database, and ground ice content. The results show a mean erosion rate of 0.12 m/yr for the backshore zone and 0.16 m/yr for the foreshore zone, with increasing erosion in the Paulatuk Peninsula in recent decades. The average sediment transfer from land to sea was 20 m3/m/yr and the soil organic carbon (SOC) flux was 7 kg C/m/yr. We highlight the importance of using the cliff-top as shoreline reference to accurately estimate sediment and SOC transfers, an approach neglected in automatic shoreline delineation techniques based on remote sensing imagery using the waterline. Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Climate Change Geoscience Program, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) through the Beaufort Sea; Regional Strategic Environment and Research Assessment (BRSEA); European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program; Community of Paulatuk info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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Tanguy, Rodrigue Whalen, Dustin Prates, Gonçalo Vieira, Gonçalo |
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Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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Shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern Parry Peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (Amundsen Gulf, Canada) |
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shoreline change rates and land to sea sediment and soil organic carbon transfer in eastern parry peninsula from 1965 to 2020 (amundsen gulf, canada) |
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2023 |
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ENVELOPE(69.717,69.717,-67.717,-67.717) ENVELOPE(-123.671,-123.671,69.584,69.584) ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-64.283,-64.283) ENVELOPE(-30.000,-30.000,-79.500,-79.500) ENVELOPE(-123.985,-123.985,69.325,69.325) |
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Arctic Canada Darnley Darnley Bay Parry Parry Peninsula Paulatuk |
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Arctic Canada Darnley Darnley Bay Parry Parry Peninsula Paulatuk |
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Amundsen Gulf Arctic Beaufort Sea Climate change Darnley Bay Ice Parry Peninsula Paulatuk permafrost |
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Amundsen Gulf Arctic Beaufort Sea Climate change Darnley Bay Ice Parry Peninsula Paulatuk permafrost |
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