Influence of ground ice and permafrost on coastal evolution, Richards Island, Beaufort Sea coast, N.W.T.

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 664-675

  Dallimore, Scott R ^a   Wolfe, Stephen A ^a   Solomon, Steven M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIFF RETREAT; COASTAL EROSION; GROUND ICE; PERMAFROST; RETREAT RATE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, RICHARDS ISLAND;

EID: 0030429384     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-050     Document Type: Article

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