The Physical Geography of Northern EurasiaThis is the third volume in The Oxford Regional Environments series. The series volumes are devoted to major regions of the world, each presenting a detailed and up-to-date body of scientific knowledge concerning a particular region. For most topics on the physical geography of Northern Eurasia abundant literature now exists. Most of it, however, is in Russian and other East European languages and this has significantly limited the number of potential readers. This volume will seek to familiarize, at an international level, those with an interest in this area with the most significant achievements in classical and current geographical research. |
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Contents
1 Tectonics and Geology | 1 |
2 Climatic Change and the Development of Landscapes | 36 |
3 Climate at Present and in the Historical Past | 70 |
4 Soils | 103 |
5 Rivers Lakes Inland Seas and Wetlands | 122 |
6 Permafrost | 149 |
7 Biodiversity and Productivity of Ecosystems | 169 |
8 The Arctic Environments | 191 |
15 The Caucasus | 350 |
16 The Mountains of Central Asia and Kazakhstan | 377 |
17 Lake Baikal | 403 |
18 The Far East | 422 |
19 Radioactive Contamination | 448 |
20 Environmental Impact of Oil and Gas Development | 463 |
21 Air Pollution | 476 |
22 The Aral Sea | 497 |
9 Boreal Forests | 216 |
10 Mixed and Deciduous Forests | 234 |
11 Steppe and Foreststeppe | 248 |
12 Arid Environments | 267 |
13 The Mountains of Northern Russia | 284 |
14 The Mountains of Southern Siberia | 314 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia Volume 3 of Oxford regional environments |
| Editor | Maria Shahgedanova |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0198233841, 9780198233848 |
| Length | 571 pages |
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