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Title The Aral Sea environment / volume editors, Andrey G. Kostianoy, Aleksey N. Kosarev
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The handbook of environmental chemistry, 1867-979X ; v. 7
Handbook of environmental chemistry ; v. 7
Contents History of investigation and exploration of the Aral Sea -- Paleogeographical history of the Aral Sea -- The Aral Sea under natural conditions (till 1960) -- Socio-economic conditions of the Aral Sea region before 1960 -- Reasons for the environmental and socio-economic crisis -- Regional climate variability -- Amudarya and Syrdarya Rivers and their deltas -- Physical oceanography of the Large Aral Sea -- Satellite monitoring of the Aral Sea region -- Aral Sea level variability -- Ice conditions from historical and satellite observations -- Chemistry of the Large Aral Sea -- Biodiversity -- Archaeology and its relevance to climate and water level changes: a review -- Creeping environmental disasters: Central Asia's Aral Seas -- Conclusions
Summary The environmental problems in the Aral Sea region continue to worsen. This volume presents the information gathered to date on various aspects of the Aral Sea environment. Specialists from institutions in Russia, Uzbekistan, France, Germany and the USA cover different topics - from the paleohistory and archaeology of the region, to the present physical, chemical and biological state of the sea, and the analysis of the runoff and deltas of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers. Further, the regional climate change is discussed and reasons for the progressing environmental crisis and the socio-economic problems in the region are highlighted. The Aral Sea Environment is addressed to scientists working in the fields of physical oceanography, marine chemistry, biology, and the environmental sciences
Analysis milieu
environment
zoetwaterecologie
freshwater ecology
geochemie
geochemistry
oceanografie
oceanography
milieuchemie
environmental chemistry
mariene biologie
marine biology
ecotoxicologie
ecotoxicology
milieumonitoring
environmental monitoring
environmental analysis
Environmental Sciences (General)
Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Oceanography -- Aral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan)
Chemical oceanography -- Aral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan)
Hydrology.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Hydrology
Chemical oceanography
Oceanography
Hydrologie
Austrocknung
Umweltkatastrophe
SUBJECT Aral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) -- Environmental aspects
Aral Sea Watershed (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) -- Environmental aspects
Subject Asia -- Aral Sea Watershed
Asia -- Aral Sea
Aralsee
Form Electronic book
Author Kosti︠a︡noĭ, A. G
Kosarev, A. N
LC no. 2010921805
ISBN 9783540882770
3540882774
3540882766
9783540882763