The Aral Sea Environment - Kostianoy, Andrey G.; Kosarev, Aleksey N.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
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.
Keywords: Oceanography; Environmental chemistry; Geochemistry; Water quality; Water pollution; Marine sciences; Freshwater; Ecotoxicology; Oceanography; Environmental Chemistry; Geochemistry; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Ecotoxicology