Multidecadal (1960-2011) shoreline changes in Isbjornhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard)

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Zagórski, Piotr, Rodzik, Jan, Moskalik, Mateusz, Strzelecki, Mateusz C., Lim, Michael, Błaszczyk, Małgorzata, Promińska, Agnieszka, Kruszewski, Grzegorz, Styszyńska, Anna, Malczewski, Artur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Spitsbergen; coastal erosion; sea−ice; shore ice; fjord system; Hamna; Hornsund; Ice Fjord; Isbjørnhamna; Svalbard; glacier; isbjørn; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/14642; https://doi.org/10.1515/popore−2015−0019

Asection of a gravel−dominated coast in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) was analysed to calculate the rate of shoreline changes and explain processes controlling coastal zone development over last 50 years. Between 1960 and 2011, coastal landscape of Isbjørn− hamna experienced a significant shift...