The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia

by Shahgedanova, Maria

• ISBN13: 9780198233848
• ISBN10: 0198233841
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This 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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	xi
List of Plates	xvii
List of Tables	xviii
List of Contributors	xx
Tectonics and Geology	1	(35)
Nikolay Koronovsky
Climatic Change and the Development of Landscapes	36	(34)
Andrey Velichko
Irina Spasskaya
Climate at Present and in the Historical Past	70	(33)
Maria Shahgedanova
Soils	103	(19)
Igor Zamotaev
Rivers, Lakes, Inland Seas, and Wetlands	122	(27)
Nikolay Koronkevich
Permafrost	149	(20)
Nelly Tumel
Biodiversity and Productivity of Ecosystems	169	(22)
Roman Zlotin
The Arctic Environments	191	(25)
Maria Shahgedanova
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Boreal Forests	216	(18)
Arkady Tishkov
Mixed and Deciduous Forests	234	(14)
Leonid Serebryanny
Steppe and Forest-steppe	248	(19)
Alexander Chibilyov
Arid Environments	267	(17)
Elena Lioubimtseva
The Mountains of Northern Russia	284	(30)
Maria Shahgedanova
Veniamin Perov
Yury Mudrov
The Mountains of Southern Siberia	314	(36)
Maria Shahgedanova
Nikolay Mikhailov
Sergey Larin
Aleksandr Bredikhin
The Caucasus	350	(27)
Natalya Volodicheva
The Mountains of Central Asia and Kazakhstan	377	(26)
Irina Merzlyakova
Lake Baikal	403	(19)
Anson Mackay
Roger Flower
Liba Granina
The Far East	422	(26)
Andrey Ivanov
Radioactive Contamination	448	(15)
Philip R. Pryde
Environmental Impact of Oil and Gas Development	463	(13)
Gregory Vilchek
Air Pollution	476	(21)
Maria Shahgedanova
The Aral Sea	497	(14)
Nick Middleton
Deforestation and Degradation of Forests	511	(16)
Leonid Serebryanny
Igor Zamotaev
Nature Protection and Conservation	527	(18)
Arkady Tishkov
List of Plant Names in Latin and English	545	(8)
Index	553