Application of a portable free-fall penetrometer for the geotechnical investigation of the Arctic nearshore zone

• Main Authors: Stark, Nina, Radosavljević, Boris, Quinn, Brandon, Lantuit, Hugues
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/74694; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cgj-2016-0087

The Arctic is currently undergoing rapid changes with regard to sea ice extent, permafrost thaw and coastal erosion. In addition to hydrodynamic processes, the sediments in the Arctic nearshore zone are affected by freeze-thaw cycles, as well as an increase of abundant suspended sediment introduced...