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The Arctic Coastal Dynamics Database : A New Classification Scheme and Statistics on Arctic Permafrost Coastlines. / Lantuit, Hugues; Overduin, Pier Paul; Couture, Nicole; Wetterich, Sebastian; Aré, Felix; Atkinson, David; Brown, Jerry; Cherkashov, Georgy; Drozdov, Dmitry; Donald Forbes, Lawrence; Graves-Gaylord, Allison; Grigoriev, Mikhail; Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang; Jordan, James; Jorgenson, Torre; Ødegård, Rune Strand; Ogorodov, Stanislav; Pollard, Wayne H.; Rachold, Volker; Sedenko, Sergey; Solomon, Steve; Steenhuisen, Frits; Streletskaya, Irina; Vasiliev, Alexander.
In: Estuaries and Coasts, Vol. 35, No. 2, 01.03.2012, p. 383-400.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Arctic Coastal Dynamics Database
T2 - A New Classification Scheme and Statistics on Arctic Permafrost Coastlines
AU - Lantuit, Hugues
AU - Overduin, Pier Paul
AU - Couture, Nicole
AU - Wetterich, Sebastian
AU - Aré, Felix
AU - Atkinson, David
AU - Brown, Jerry
AU - Cherkashov, Georgy
AU - Drozdov, Dmitry
AU - Donald Forbes, Lawrence
AU - Graves-Gaylord, Allison
AU - Grigoriev, Mikhail
AU - Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang
AU - Jordan, James
AU - Jorgenson, Torre
AU - Ødegård, Rune Strand
AU - Ogorodov, Stanislav
AU - Pollard, Wayne H.
AU - Rachold, Volker
AU - Sedenko, Sergey
AU - Solomon, Steve
AU - Steenhuisen, Frits
AU - Streletskaya, Irina
AU - Vasiliev, Alexander
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - Arctic permafrost coasts are sensitive to changing climate. The lengthening open water season and the increasing open water area are likely to induce greater erosion and threaten community and industry infrastructure as well as dramatically change nutrient pathways in the near-shore zone. The shallow, mediterranean Arctic Ocean is likely to be strongly affected by changes in currently poorly observed arctic coastal dynamics. We present a geomorphological classification scheme for the arctic coast, with 101,447 km of coastline in 1,315 segments. The average rate of erosion for the arctic coast is 0.5 m year -1 with high local and regional variability. Highest rates are observed in the Laptev, East Siberian, and Beaufort Seas. Strong spatial variability in associated database bluff height, ground carbon and ice content, and coastline movement highlights the need to estimate the relative importance of shifting coastal fluxes to the Arctic Ocean at multiple spatial scales.
AB - Arctic permafrost coasts are sensitive to changing climate. The lengthening open water season and the increasing open water area are likely to induce greater erosion and threaten community and industry infrastructure as well as dramatically change nutrient pathways in the near-shore zone. The shallow, mediterranean Arctic Ocean is likely to be strongly affected by changes in currently poorly observed arctic coastal dynamics. We present a geomorphological classification scheme for the arctic coast, with 101,447 km of coastline in 1,315 segments. The average rate of erosion for the arctic coast is 0.5 m year -1 with high local and regional variability. Highest rates are observed in the Laptev, East Siberian, and Beaufort Seas. Strong spatial variability in associated database bluff height, ground carbon and ice content, and coastline movement highlights the need to estimate the relative importance of shifting coastal fluxes to the Arctic Ocean at multiple spatial scales.
KW - Arctic
KW - Carbon cycle
KW - Coast
KW - Erosion
KW - Permafrost
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857641811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12237-010-9362-6
DO - 10.1007/s12237-010-9362-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84857641811
VL - 35
SP - 383
EP - 400
JO - Estuaries and Coasts
JF - Estuaries and Coasts
SN - 1559-2723
IS - 2
ER -
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