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Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert: The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia)
Breckle Siegmar W.
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Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes and - at the same time - the largest primary succession experiment of mankind.
This volume brings together the results of international and interdisciplinary long-term studies on the new desert ecosystem and is divided into four main sections. The first section provides an overview of the physical characteristics of the area and covers geological, ... Read more
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Ecological Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642270963
SKU
V9783642270963
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