History of aral sea level variability and current scientific debates

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-113

  Cretaux, Jean François ^a   Letolle, René ^b   Bergé Nguyen, Muriel ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aral Sea level; Climate change; Irrigation; Palaeolimnology; Remote sensing; River discharge estimates; Tectonism

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING PHASIS; ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; TECTONISM; WATER ABSTRACTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER LEVELS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; INFLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

AMU DARYA RIVER; ARAL SEA; SYR DARYA RIVER;

EID: 84887821273     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.006     Document Type: Review

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