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Lake Issyk-Kul: Its Natural Environment

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Editors:
  1. Jean Klerkx

    1. International Bureau for Environmental Studies, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. Beishen Imanackunov

    1. National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 13)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Case Studies in Other Regions

    1. Radon Studies for Investigation of Nuclear Waste Deposits and Natural Emissions

      • S. E. Beaubien, S. Lombardi, N. Voltattorni
      Pages 245-260

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 283-286
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About this book

Lake Issyk-Kul is a closed lake located in the Tien Shan mountain belt of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. It is the world's fifth deepest lake (668 m) and the second largest high altitude lake in the world (1607 m above sea level). The lake is affected by several environmental threats of both anthropogenic and natural origin: decline of the lake level resulting in progressively increasing salinity, incomplete vertical water exchange, and risk of contamination by past and present industrial activity.
Although the lake has been intensively studied, the information is only available in unpublished reports or local scientific journals. This book presents for the first time to an international audience the main physical, chemical, biological and geological characteristics of the lake, the fruits of many years of observations, complemented by recent results of international projects. Case studies of similar problems in other parts of the world are presented, together with ethical aspects of the environmental protection of the lake.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Bureau for Environmental Studies, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Klerkx

  • National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

    Beishen Imanackunov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lake Issyk-Kul: Its Natural Environment

  • Editors: Jean Klerkx, Beishen Imanackunov

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0491-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0899-3Published: 31 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0900-6Published: 31 October 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-0491-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1568-1238

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Hydrogeology, Ethics

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