The palaeolimnology of the Aral Sea: A review

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1259-1278

  Boomer, Ian ^a   Aladin, Nikolai ^b   Plotnikov, Igor ^b   Whatley, Robin ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

ARAL SEA;

EID: 0033864109     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(00)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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