@ARTICLE{Styszyńska_Anna_Multidecadal_2015, author={Styszyńska, Anna and Moskalik, Mateusz and Zagórski, Piotr and Rodzik, Jan and Strzelecki, Mateusz C. and Lim, Michael and Błaszczyk, Małgorzata and Promińska, Agnieszka and Kruszewski, Grzegorz and Malczewski, Artur}, number={No 4}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={369-390}, howpublished={online}, year={2015}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={A section of a gravel−dominated coast in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) was analysed to calculate the rate of shoreline changes and explain processes controlling coastal zone development over last 50 years. Between 1960 and 2011, coastal landscape of Isbjørnhamna experienced a significant shift from dominated by influence of tide−water glacier and protected by prolonged sea−ice conditions towards storm−affected and rapidly changing coast. Information derived from analyses of aerial images and geomorphological mapping shows that the Isbjørnhamna coastal zone is dominated by coastal erosion resulting in a shore area reduction of more than 31,600 m 2 . With ~3,500 m 2 of local aggradation, the general balance of changes in the study area of the shore is negative, and amounts to a loss of more than 28,000 m 2 . Mean shoreline change is −13.1 m (−0.26 m a −1 ). Erosional processes threaten the Polish Polar Station infrastructure and may damage of one of the storage buildings in nearby future.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Multidecadal (1960–2011) shoreline changes in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard)}, URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/99617/PDF/10183_Volume36_Issue4_05_paper.pdf}, doi={10.1515/popore−2015−0019}, keywords={Tidewater glaciers, ice melting, passive acoustics, Spitsbergen, Hornsund}, }