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60 years of change in Kachemak Bay Changing shorelines, salt marshes and glaciers Steve Baird, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve
Coastal Erosion Why are people interested in coastal erosion?
Shoreline Change
Erosion Rates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Parcels
 
2003 2008
LiDAR
LiDAR Difference Grids
 
Coastal Erosion and Climate Change ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Relative Sea-Level
Relative Sea-Level
Coastal Uplift
Changes in Salt Marshes
Shifting Salt Marshes
Shifting Salt Marshes ,[object Object],[object Object]
 
Grewingk Glacier
Doroshin Glacier
Woznesenski Glacier
Rates of retreat Glacier Rate (ft/yr) Miles/56 yrs Grewingk 92 0.97 Portlock 100 1.06 Dixon 105 1.11 Halibut Creek 41 0.43 Woznesenski 115 1.22 Doroshin 100 1.06 Doroshin South 107 1.14 Goat 56 0.59 Dinglestadt 220 2.34
Glacial Thinning VanLooy et. al. 2006
Glacial Thinning Chris Larsen, Geophysical Institute, UAF
Summary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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