TY - BOOK ID - 79529219 TI - The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia AU - Zonn, Igor S AU - Kostianoy, Andrey G AU - Kosarev, Aleksey N AU - Glantz, Michael H AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9783642115240 9783642115608 9783642115233 9783642435546 PB - Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Geology. Earth sciences KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Toxicology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Environmental planning KW - Physical geography KW - Economic geography KW - geobiologie KW - ecotoxicologie KW - ruimtelijke ordening KW - ecologie KW - geografie KW - geologie KW - fysische geografie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79529219 AB - The Caspian Sea is a unique natural feature, the world's largest landlocked water body. Historically the Caspian was one of the key zones where the interests of great powers such as Russia, Britain and Persia clashed. And the reason was and still is the oil - the "black gold" of the Caspian and also the natural riches of the sea, its other gold - the sturgeons with their black caviar. With this encyclopedia attempt to relate the Caspian story via an objective approach to the past and present of the sea where even today many geopolitical, economic, social and environmental issues are focused. These issues are vital not only to the Caspian countries, but other countries of the world as well. The encyclopedia contains about 1500 articles and terms providing descriptions of geographical features, cities, ports, transport routes, main oil and gas fields, aqueous biological resources, international treaties, national and international programs, research institutions, historical and archeological monuments, activities of prominent scientists, researchers, travelers, military commanders, oil industrialists and traders who had relation to the Caspian Sea. In addition this book gives the chronology of the most important events that became milestones in the history of the Caspian region development for more than 300 years, spanning a period from the times of Peter the Great till the present. ER -