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Note by R.L. (2006) : this review must be supplemented by various publications, especially those of the INTAS/NATO meetings at Liège ( Belgium), in may 2003, with papers in MITI, Marine systems etc... ; see also book by P. Zavialev, Springer, 2005. A 11m core made in 2002 in Tchernichev Bay ( NW Aral) is presently in course of various studies.