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Asection of a gravel−dominated coast in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) was analysed to calculate the rate of shoreline changes and explain processes controlling coastal zone development over last 50 years. Between 1960 and 2011, coastal landscape of Isbjørn− hamna experienced a significant shift from dominated by influence of tide−water glacier and protected by prolonged sea−ice conditions towards storm−affected and rapidly changing coast. Information derived from analyses of aerial images and geomorphological mapping shows that the Isbjørnhamna coastal zone is dominated by coastal erosion resulting in a shore area reduc− tion of more than 31,600 m2. With ~3,500 m2 of local aggradation, the general balance of changes in the study area of the shore is negative, and amounts to a loss of more than 28,000 m2. Mean shoreline change is −13.1 m (−0.26 m a−1). Erosional processes threaten the Polish Polar Station infrastructure and may damage of one of the storage buildings in nearby future.
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Piotr Zagórski dr hab.
- Uniwersytet Marii Curie−Skłodowskiej, Wydział Nauk o Ziemi i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, -
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Jan Rodzik dr hab.
- Wydział Nauk o Ziemi i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Uniwersytet Marii Curie−Skłodowskiej -
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Mateusz Strzelecki dr
- Instytut Geografii i Rozwoju Regionalnego, Uniwersytet Wrocławski -
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Mateusz Moskalik dr
- Instytut Geofizyki, Polska Akademia Nauk -
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Michael Lim Assisting Professor
- Northumbria University, Engineering & Environment -
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Małgorzata Błaszczyk mgr
- Wydział Nauk o Ziemi, Universytet Śląski -
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Agnieszka Promińska mgr
- Instytut Oceanologii, Polska Akademia Nauk -
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Grzegorz Kruszewski dr
- Wydział Nawigacyjny, Akademia Morska -
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Artur Malczewski mgr
- TPI Sp. z o.o. -
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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Polish Polar Research
no. 36,
edition 4,
pages 369 - 390,
ISSN: 0138-0338 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Bibliographic description:
- Styszyńska A., Zagórski P., Rodzik J., Strzelecki M., Moskalik M., Lim M., Błaszczyk M., Promińska A., Kruszewski G., Malczewski A.: Multidecadal (1960-2011) shoreline changes in Isbjornhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard)// POLISH POLAR RESEARCH. -Vol. 36, iss. 4 (2015), s.369-390
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1515/popore-2015-0019
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