The impact of climate change on an emerging coastline affected by discontinuous permafrost: Manitounuk Strait, northern Quebec

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1393-1404

  Beaulieu, Nancy ^a   Allard, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PERMAFROST; ROCKS; SAND; SEA ICE; TIDAL POWER;

AIR PHOTOS; ISOSTATIC UPLIFT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; PERMAFROST; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE;

CANADA; MANITOUNUK STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 1042263914     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-056     Document Type: Article

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