Morphogenetic and morphodynamics conditions of development of the coast of the NW part of Wedel Jarlsberg Land (Spitsbergen) in the late Vistulian and Holocene (MORCOAST)

Updated 2012-08-28

Arctic coast is extremely sensitive and important area of interaction between land and sea. The diagnosis of the mechanisms governing the polar zone is of fundamental importance for tracing the evolution of the coast caused by climate change. Diagnosis of morphogenesis and morphodynamics of the polar coast becomes important in recent years, a research priority, not only from the scientific point of view, but also practical. Therefore, the key aims of the project include: - determining the dynamics of morphogenetic processes with particular emphasis on marine processes within the coastal zone in the context of climate change after the Little Ice Age (LIA) and the development of model of the coast functioning during this period. - to try to reference this model to the development of the coast at the turn of Vistulian and Holocene (14-8 ka) by defining the stages of shaping the shoreline including glaciizostatic and eustatic and elements of tectonical and lithological features of the coastal zone.

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
2011 -
Data collection
2011 -
Data processing
2011 -
Data reporting
2011 -

Contact information

Contact person
- -
Address
Piotr Zagórski
Email
lp.nilbul.scmu.atzcop@iksrogaz.rtoip

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Ice/snowpack
Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied
Svalbard
Stations or areas where observations are made

Calypsobyen Station

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.

shore line changes (GPS measurement), coastal dynamics, impact of glacial and paraglacial processes on transformation of the raised marine terrace, degree on transformation of the raised marine terraces, sources of supply of material to the coastal zone and the conditions of its distribution, fjord bathymetry and bottom sediment characteristics

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
No
Other institutes involved in the project

Marie Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS)

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

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