Multitemporal analysis of a gravel-dominated coastline in the central Canadian arctic archipelago

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-441

  St Hilaire Gravel, Dominique ^a   Forbes, Donald L ^a,b   Bell, Trevor ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

changing sea level; coastal evolution; gravel beach; morphodynamics; Nunavut; storm impacts

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEACH; COAST; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL ZONE; GRAVEL; ICE COVER; MORPHODYNAMICS; OPEN WATER; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; STORM DAMAGE; TIMESCALE; WIND FORCING;

CANADA; CORNWALLIS ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; RESOLUTE BAY;

EID: 84857825576     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00020.1     Document Type: Article

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