Coastal erosion dynamics on the permafrost-dominated Bykovsky Peninsula, north Siberia, 1951-2006

Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Lantuit, Hugues ^a   Atkinson, David ^b   Overduin, Pier Paul ^a   Grigoriev, Mikhail ^c   Rachold, Volker ^d   Grosse, Guido ^b   Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c MELNIKOV PERMAFROST INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d International Arctic Science Committee   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Coastal erosion; Permafrost; Russia

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL EROSION; DATA SET; ICE COVER; PERMAFROST; SEA ICE; THERMOKARST;

BYKOVSKY PENINSULA; LENA RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

EID: 84860790028     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v30i0.7341     Document Type: Article

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