The Aral Sea Environment: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, cartea 7

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.

From the reviews:
“The evolution and present characteristics of physical oceanography, marine chemistry and marine biology of the Sea are extensively discussed. … useful to students and postgraduates specialising in the research of inland seas and lakes. … this monograph will help the readers … especially in relation to the present-day conditions of this extremely interesting and unique water body with a tragic history, to assess the alterations that have occurred over the last 50 years, and to establish new strategies for its conservation and recovery.” (International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 91 (6), May, 2011)

Presents in a systematic description the knowledge accumulated on the physical oceanography, marine chemistry and biology, and pollution of the Aral Sea Based on numerous observational data of the authors, on archival data of several Russian oceanographic institutions and on the broad scientific literature mainly published in Russian editions Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras