Dynamics of the south-eastern coasts of the Kara sea

Abstract

The paper gives quantitative estimation of shore processes at the Kara Sea coast between 'the Yenisei Gulf and the Vilkitsky Strait and at some islands of the Central Kara Sea. The estimation was based on repeated measuring of distances between geodetic beacons and shore cliffs, with time intervals from 2-3 to 20-30 years, as well as comparing of topographic data of different years. The shore processes at the Kara Sea proved to increase at years with open drift ice and decrease at years with close ice cover.