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- Offers a valuable reference guide, describing the natural state of important lakes in Asia
- Provides a unique overview of human impacts on eight important lakes in Asia
- Reveals that Asian lakes have most likely experienced the most severe ecosystem changes triggered by humans
Part of the book series: Springer Water (SPWA)
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For each lake, the book summarizes its origin and early geological history, and reconstructs its natural state and variability on the basis of proxy records from drilled or exposed lake sediments that have accumulated since the last ice age. The frequently observed reductions in lake level and size during most recent decades led often to significant environmental impacts in the respective lake catchments including vegetation deterioration, soil erosion and badland formation, soil salinization or the formation of sinkholes.
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Book Title: Large Asian Lakes in a Changing World
Book Subtitle: Natural State and Human Impact
Editors: Steffen Mischke
Series Title: Springer Water
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42254-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42253-0Published: 12 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42256-1Published: 12 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42254-7Published: 11 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-6934
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8198
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 264
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Hydrology/Water Resources, Archaeology, Geology