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  September 25, 2017

  National assessment of shoreline change—Summary statistics for updated vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian Border to Icy Cape

  Long-term rates of shoreline change for the north coast of Alaska, from the U.S.-Canadian border to the Icy Cape region of northern Alaska, have been updated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Assessment of Shoreline Change Project. Short-term shoreline change rates are reported for the first time. Additional shoreline position data were used to compute rates where the previous rate-

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  Ann E. Gibbs, Bruce M. Richmond

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  January 1, 2016

  Seasonal electrical resistivity surveys of a coastal bluff, Barter Island, North Slope Alaska

  Select coastal regions of the North Slope of Alaska are experiencing high erosion rates that can be attributed in part to recent warming trends and associated increased storm intensity and frequency. The upper sediment column of the coastal North Slope of Alaska can be described as continuous permafrost underlying a thin (typically less than 1–2 m) active layer that responds variably to seasonal t

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  Peter W. Swarzenski, Cordell Johnson, Thomas Lorenson, Christopher H. Conaway, Ann E. Gibbs, Li H. Erikson, Bruce M. Richmond, Mark P. Waldrop

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  July 17, 2015

  USGS Arctic Science Strategy

  The United States is one of eight Arctic nations responsible for the stewardship of a polar region undergoing dramatic environmental, social, and economic changes. Although warming and cooling cycles have occurred over millennia in the Arctic region, the current warming trend is unlike anything recorded previously and is affecting the region faster than any other place on Earth, bringing dramatic

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  Mark Shasby, Durelle Smith

  July 1, 2015

  National assessment of shoreline change: a GIS compilation of vector shorelines and associated shoreline change data for the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian border to Icy Cape

  The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska is an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native communities, and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the Arctic coast is chronic, widespread, and may be accelerating, which threatens defense- and energy-related infrastructure, natural shoreline habitats, and Native communiti

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  Ann E. Gibbs, Karen A. Ohman, Bruce M. Richmond

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  July 1, 2015

  National assessment of shoreline change: historical change along the north coast of Alaska, U.S.-Canadian border to Icy Cape

  Beach erosion is a persistent problem along most open-ocean shores of the United States. Along the Arctic coast of Alaska, coastal erosion is widespread, may be accelerating, and is threatening defense and energy-related infrastructure, coastal habitats, and Native communities. As coastal populations continue to expand and infrastructure and habitat are increasingly threatened by erosion, there is

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  Ann E. Gibbs, Bruce M. Richmond

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  May 18, 2010

  Oblique Aerial Photography of the Arctic Coast of Alaska, Cape Sabine to Milne Point, July 16-19, 2009

  The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska, an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the Arctic coast is chronic and widespread; recent evidence suggests that erosion rates are among the highest in the world (as high as ~16 m/yr) and may be accelerating

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  Ann E. Gibbs, Bruce M. Richmond

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  May 2, 2009

  Oblique Aerial Photography of the Arctic Coast of Alaska, Nulavik to Demarcation Point, August 7-10, 2006

  The Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska, an area of strategic economic importance to the United States, is home to remote Native American communities and encompasses unique habitats of global significance. Coastal erosion along the Arctic coast is chronic and widespread; recent evidence suggests that erosion rates are among the highest in the world (up to ~16 m/yr) and may be accelerating. Coa

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  Ann E. Gibbs, Bruce M. Richmond

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  Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

  January 1, 1984

  Nearshore marine geologic investigations, Icy Cape to Wainwright, Northeast Chukchi Sea

  No abstract available.

  Authors

  R. L. Phillips, T. E. Reiss