The Aegean Sea Environment, 1st ed. 2024 The Geodiversity of the Natural System The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series, Vol. 127

This is the first of three Books that together provide an integrated picture of the Aegean Sea, presenting the natural components of the system (Book I and Book II) as well as the human presence in the extended area (Book III).

The Aegean Sea, also called Aegean Archipelagos, is an open, complex, and diverse marine system situated between the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, with different compartments and interactions. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the Aegean Sea's natural systems, shedding light on its geodiversity, geological dynamics, air-land-sea interaction, hydrology, suspended matter and sediments.

Divided into 4 parts, the book introduces the diversity, geological dynamics, and evolution of the natural system of the Aegean Sea (Parts 1 and 2), followed by a section devoted to the land-sea interaction in the Aegean coastal system where experts in the field explore freshwater and matter inputs into the Aegean coastal system, as well as the coastal morphodynamics and evolution of the Aegean Sea, its adjacent land areas, and islands. In Part 3, the book delves into the air-sea interaction over the Aegean Sea, presenting its intricate dynamics, including heat and freshwater fluxes, wind waves, tides, and atmospheric deposition. The book closes with a section focused on the hydrology, chemistry, and dynamics of water masses and the sea bottom, providing insights into suspended matter and fluxes, sediments, climate changes, and the intricate nutrient and carbon dynamics within the Aegean Sea ecosystem (Part 4).

Given the breadth and depth of its coverage, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and students interested in marine geology, oceanography, and environmental analysis, as well as policymakers and conservationists seeking a comprehensive understanding of the Aegean Sea's complex natural systems.

Part I: The Diversity and The Geological Dynamics and Evolution of The Aegean Sea Natural System

I.01 The Aegean Sea: A “Water Way” Connecting the Diverse Marine Ecosystems of the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

I.02 Geomorphology, Geological Structure, Active Tectonics, and Basin Formation in the Aegean Sea

Part II: The Land Sea Interaction – The Coastal System

Part III: The Air-Sea Interaction

I.05 Weather Systems Affecting the Meteorological Conditions over the Aegean Sea

I.06 Air–Sea Interaction: Heat and Fresh-Water Fluxes in the Aegean Sea

I.07 The Aegean Sea: Wind Waves and Tides

I.08 Atmospheric Deposition over the Aegean Sea and Its Impact on the Seawater Productivity

Part IV: The Water Masses \and The Sea Bottom: Hydrology, Dynamics, Chemistry, Suspended Matter and Fluxes, Sediments

I.09 The Physical Characteristics and Dynamics of the Aegean Water Masses

I.10 Climate Changes in Temperature and Salinity of the Aegean Sea

I.11 Evolution of ¹³⁷Cs Activity Concentration in the Aegean Sea

I.12 Ιnsights into the Nutrients and Carbon Pools and Dynamics in the Aegean Sea

I.13 Particulate Matter Spatial, Temporal Distribution and Size Properties in the Aegean Sea

I.14 Seabed Sedimentology and Elemental Geochemistry of the Aegean Sea

Christos L. Anagnostou, Research Director of the Institute of Oceanography at the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR). He studied Natural Sciences (biology and geology) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece and made his PhD (Dissertation) at the Ruhr University – Bochum, Germany. The last 40 years is active, carrying out research in geological oceanography at the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR). He was a visiting professor at the Aegean University and he is teaching also in postgraduate level the last 20 years at the School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering of the National and Technical University of Athens.

Andrey G. Kostianoy - Doctor of physico-mathematical sciences, Chief Scientist at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia), a Visiting Professor at the University of Liege (Belgium), Honorary Professor of Tver State University (Russia). He is a specialist in the field of physical oceanography, satellite remote sensing of the oceans and inland seas, regional climate change, environmental problems. He is Editor-in-Chief of "The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry” book series in Springer.

Ilias Mariolakos, Em. Prof. at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. rer. nat. of the Erlangen - Nuernberg University, Germany. Honorary Prof. of the University of Salzburg, Visiting Prof. at the Free University of Brussels, Visiting Teaching Fellow at the University of N.S.W. of Sidney-Australia. Director of the IFAQ – UNESCO seminars of quaternary deposits. Foreign member of the Russian Academy of the Natural Science. Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of IGME (Institute of Geological and Mineral Exploration) (Greek Geological Survey), Appointed delegate of Greece in many national committees. Elected chairman of the Greek Geological Society.

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Reviews the diverse and complex natural and anthropogenic systems of the Aegean Sea

Outlines geophysical dynamics, environmental and chemical changes

Discusses the sea-land and sea-atmosphere interactions