Fifty four years of coastal erosion and hydrometeorological parameters in the Varandey region, Barents Sea
Fifty four years of coastal erosion and hydrometeorological parameters in the Varandey region, Barents Sea
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巴伦支海 Varandey 地区五十四年的海岸侵蚀和水文气象参数
DOI:
10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103610
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
S. Ogorodov
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作者:
A. Sinitsyn;E. Guégan;Natalia Shabanova;O. Kokin;S. Ogorodov
The southeast coastline of the Barents Sea in the area of theVarandeysettlement is characterized by warm permafrost. Coastal studies conducted since the early 1980s have shown coastal retreat with average erosion rates of up to 2–5 m/yr from 1969 to 1987 at different locations in the area. The present study summarizes long-term (1951–2013) observations of environmental forcing in the area, and estimations of retreat rates based on recent fieldwork (2011–2013) and remote sensing studies (1961–2012). Such data is of primary importance for any infrastructure developments in the study area. The coastline was divided into three conditional geographical sectors:Pesyakov,Varandey, andMedynskiy. It was found that the average erosion rate in eroding parts ofPesyakovsector was 2 m/yr, in the western part ofVarandeysector—1.8 m/yr, and in the entireMedynskiysector—2.3 m/yr over the last 54 years. Remote sensing observations documented the destruction of numerous buildings in the coastal zone of theNovyy Varandeysettlement in 2004–2012. A striking coastal bluff recession of 19.6 m/yr over the 15-km-long coastline inMedynskiywas observed between 2010 and 2011, following a storm surge in the area in the summer of 2010. Fluctuations of environmental forcing (air temperatures, wave energy factor, significant wave height, and sea level) were observed in theVarandeyarea in 1979–2013. The long-term evolution of environmental forcing exhibits an increasing trend. The increase (0.6–4.8 m/yr) of average long-term erosion rates in theMedynskiysector from 1961 to 2013 followed the evolution of environmental forcing in 1979–2013. Different coastal erosion responses and processes varying from a stable situation to active erosion due to mechanical wave action, thermal abrasion, thermal denudation, or a combination of these processes were identified in theVarandeyarea.