Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea

• Main Author: Zavialov, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books, Geophysical Sciences
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Life sciences.; Aquatic ecology.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic standpoint. Based on a wide range of material, a large part of which was published in Russian and has not been previously...

Table of Contents:

• A brief historical overview
• The immediate past: A summary of the pre-desiccation state
• Present-day desiccation
• The future: What happens next?
• The Aral crisis in global perspective
• Concluding remarks.