Geomorphological evidence for the Late Holocene evolution and the Holocene lake level maximum of the Aral Sea

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 302-315

  Reinhardt, Christian ^a   Wünnemann, Bernd ^a   Krivonogov, Sergey K ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aral Sea; Lake level; Lake terraces; Late Holocene; Shoreline geomorphology; SRTM

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DGPS; ESCARPMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; MIOCENE; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

EID: 35948939041     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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