The Aral Sea Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kostianoy, Andrey G. (Editor), Kosarev, Aleksey N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 7
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Geochemistry.; Oceanography.; Environmental chemistry.; Ecotoxicology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Environmental Chemistry.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

Table of 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.