Overview
- First book in the new Springer-Praxis Earth System Science Series
- Written by a global team of experts with up-to-date knowledge of the Aral Sea
- Highly regarded lead Editor, Dr Philip Micklin has written recent NATO book, an article in Scientific American and a review in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Explores theories and makes comparisons with the available data
- Looks at possible solutions and their extension to similar areas in the world
- Makes good use of colour images for scientific interpretation
- Unrivalled in approach, this book delivers broad coverage of the topic and tackles possible influences, causes and consequences
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Earth System Sciences (SPRINGEREARTH, volume 10178)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Background to the Aral Problem
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Modern Recession of Aral
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Aral Future
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Aral Sea
Book Subtitle: The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake
Editors: Philip Micklin, N.V. Aladin, Igor Plotnikov
Series Title: Springer Earth System Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02356-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-02355-2Published: 12 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50554-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-02356-9Published: 22 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2197-9596
Series E-ISSN: 2197-960X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 453
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Oceanography