Freezeup Processes on Arctic Beaches

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Short, A.D., Wiseman, WM. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Beach erosion; Beaches; Intertidal zones; Lagoons; Sea ice; Shore ice; Berms; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lay; Point; region; Alaska; Pingok Island; Arctic; Swash; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65927

Observations made along the northern Alaskan coast during 1972 served to indicate the processes by which arctic winter beach features are formed. In sub-zero (centigrade) temperatures ice forms on the surface of brackish lagoonal and estuarine waters, and is often moved offshore by wind-generated an...