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Author : Forbes, D.L.; Solomon, S.M.; and Frobel, D.
Date : 1993.
Title : Coastal erosion studies in Northern Yukon National Park
Publication : Atlantic Geoscience Centre, NOGAP project no. D.01 : Coastal zone geotechnics, Beaufort Sea
Issue :
Page(s) : 23 p.
Abstract
This report provides a brief description of 1992 field work undertaken in Northern Yukon National Park as part of a broader study of coastal erosion and sedimentation processes in the Canadian sector of the Beaufort Sea. ... The field activities involved ground surveys, nearshore bathymetric surveys, and aerial photography at a number of sites from the international border to Atkinson Point on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula. Two of these sites fall within Northern Yukon National Park. The general objective of the Coastal Impacts Program is to investigate the response of the Beaufort Sea coast to the effects of changing climate (Solomon et al., 1993). This requires that we monitor coastal changes and understand coastal processes over a range of temporal scales. This second requirement is also part of the NOGAP mandate. The erosion monitoring sites in Northern Yukon National Park form part of a National Coastal Erosion Monitoring Network organizedby the Geological Survey of Canada in collaboration with other agencies. ... The specific objectives of the 1992 field program in Northern Yukon National Park were as follows: 1 - To resurvey cliff and beach profiles in order to determine rates and styles of coastal change at two sites representative of the western Yukon coast - site 5010 at the international boundary and site 5011 at Komakuk Beach. 2 - To obtain low-level (1:6000) vertical air photographs with ground control at the same sites. Digital comparison of 1992 photographs and earlier photography dating back to the 1940s or 1950s enables us to extrapolate results from ground surveys both back in time and along the coast.
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