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1,000-Year Environmental History of Lake Issyk-Kul

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Book cover Dying and Dead Seas Climatic Versus Anthropic Causes

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences ((NAIV,volume 36))

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Lake Issyk-Kul constitutes one of the most important economic resources in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, with more than 100 recreational centers along its shore. Some 370,000 holidaymakers visit the lake annually, and this number is expected to increase in the near future given the growing interest in natural environments (Romanovsky, 1990; Savvaitova and Petr, 1992). Thus, a fuller understanding of the past and present evolution of this ecosystem is essential for promoting and sustaining this natural habitat.

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  1. Institute of Earth Sciences “Jaume Aimera” (CSIC), Lluís Solé i Sabarís, s/n, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Santiago Giralt & Ramon Julià

  2. International Bureau for Environmental Studies (IBES), Rue Audrey Hepburn 9/13, B-1090, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Jean Klerkx

  3. Department of Archaeology, Faculty of History, University of Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixach s/n, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Santiago Riera

  4. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Brunel University (West London), Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK

    Suzanne Leroy

  5. Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB- CSIC), Accès a la cala Sant Francesc 14, E-17300, Blanes, Spain

    Teresa Buchaca & Jordi Catalan

  6. Renard Centre of Marine Geology, Geological Institute, University of Gent, Krijgslaan 281 S.8, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    Marc De Batist

  7. Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaines Alpines, U.M.R. C.N.R.S. 5025, Université de Savoie, Campus Savoie-Technolac, 73376, Le Bourget-du-Lac Cedex, France

    Christian Beck & Vladimir Bobrov

  8. United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy, Acad. Koptyug Prospekt, 3, RU-630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Vselodov Gavshin, Ivan Kalugin & Feodorov Sukhorukov

  9. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and Swiss FederalInstitute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland

    Matthias Brennwald, Rolf Kipfer & Frank Peeters

  10. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, P.le A. Moro, 5, Rome, 00185, Italy

    Salvatore Lombardi

  11. Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, 720033, Bishkek, Republic of Kyrgyzstan

    Vladimir Matychenkov & Vladimir Romanovsky

  12. Pirkanmaa Regional Environment Centre, P.O.Box 297, FIN-33101, Tampere, Finland

    Victor Podsetchine

  13. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Sezione Roma 1, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143, Roma, Italy

    Nunzia Voltattorni

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  3. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

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Giralt, S. et al. (2004). 1,000-Year Environmental History of Lake Issyk-Kul. In: Nihoul, J.C.J., Zavialov, P.O., Micklin, P.P. (eds) Dying and Dead Seas Climatic Versus Anthropic Causes. NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0967-6_10

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