Dear colleagues,
This is to inform you that the adopted Scientific and Technical
Guidelines of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf (CLCS/11 13 May 1999) have been kindly made available by
the UN Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS):
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/tempclcs/clcs.htm
where if the link to Documents of the Commission is followed:
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/tempclcs/docs/clcs/clcsdocs.htm
you should have no difficulty to find CLCS/11
Let me take advantage of this opportunity to update you on the
program of the IHO-IAG-IOC ABLOS Conference to be held in Monaco,
9-10 September 1999. Please find the new program at the end of
this message. For more information about the Conference, please
visit:
http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/ablos/
Regards,
Galo Carrera
Secretary, GALOS
http://www.unb.ca/GGE/GALOS/GALOS.HTM
Papers for 9-10 September ABLOS Conference, Monaco
1) Issues concerning the UN Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf
Convenor Galo Carrera:
CROKER, Peter, CLCS Member (Ireland)
The mandate and work of the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf
HINZ, Karl, CLCS Member (Germany)
A review of continental margins of the world
LAMONT Iain, CLCS Member (New Zealand)
Formulating the New Zealand Continental Shelf Claim: A First Step
BREKKE, Harald, CLCS Member (Norway)
Uncertainties and errors in sediment thickness
CARRERA, Galo, CLCS Member (Mexico)
Wide continental margins of the world: a survey of marine
scientific requirements and international regional cooperation
needs posed by the implementation of Article 76 of UNCLOS
ALBUQUERQUE, Alexandre and CARRERA, Galo, CLCS Members (Brazil and Mexico)
Information on the outer limits of the extended continental shelf
MONAHAN, David, Michael S. Loughridge, Meirion T Jones, Larry Mayer,
(Canada, USA, UK)
A model for using publicly available data and methodologies to begin
preparing a claim to an extended continental shelf under article 76
of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
2) Geodetic issues, with emphasis on errors in maritime boundaries and how
to reduce them
Convenor Dr. B.G. Harsson, GALOS:
CARRERA, Galo, (Canada)
The impact of the seabed roughness on the location of the outer limits
of the extended continental shelf
GROTEN, Erwin, (Germany)
Coastal Boundaries and Vertical Datums
SJOBERG, Lars, M Fan and Milan Horemuz, (Sweden)
Accuracy of computed points on a median line, factors to be considered
VANICEK, Petr, (Canada)
Propagation of errors from shore baselines seaward
MURPHY, Brian, Philip Collier, David Mitchel andl Bill Hirst, (Australia)
Maritime zone boundary generation from straight baselines defined as
geodesics
OSZCZAK, Stanislaw, A.Wasilewski, Z.Rzepecka (Poland)
RTK/ DGPS service in maritime boundary delimitations
ELEMA, I. and Kees de JONG, (The Netherlands)
The determination of boundaries at sea between Belgium and The Netherlands
3) Tools needed for boundary delimitations
Convenor R. Macnab, IOC:
PALMER, Hal, Lorin Pruett, and Kurt Christensen, (USA)
GIS applications to maritime limit and boundary delimitation
MONAHAN, David and Larry Mayer, (Canada)
An examination of publicly available bathymetry data sets using
digital mapping tools to determine their applicability to Article 76
of UNCLOS
HIRST, Bill, Brian Murphy and Phil Collier, (Australia)
An Overview of Australian Maritime Zone Boundary Definition
BORISSOVA, Irina Philip A. Symonds, Robin Gallagher, Bruce C. Cotton
and Gail Hill, (Australia)
A set of integrated tools based on ArcView for defining the outer limit
of Australia's continental shelf
BENNETT, John, (USA)
Contrast of the ‘Surface of Directed Gradients’ with the ‘Surface of
Maximum Curvature’ to compute the foot of the continental slope
HARDING, Jennifer, Herman Varma, John Hart and Ron Macnab, (Canada)
The HH code: facilitating the management, manipulation, and visualization
of bathymetric data
HALIM, M., M. D’Arcy, J. Harding, R. Macnab and D. Monahan, (Canada)
Integrated procedures for determining the outer limit of the juridical
continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
4) Other issues and case studies (not necessarily related to Article 76)
Convenor Prof. C. Rizos, ABLOS:
MONAHAN, David and David Wells, (Canada)
Achievable uncertainties in the depiction of the 2500m contour and
their possible impact on continental shelf delimitation
MACNAB, Ron, (Canada)
Article 76 in the Arctic - a catalyst for international collaboration
CHERKASHOV, Georgi, A., Gramberg I.S. Makorta A.P., Kaminsky V.D.,
Naryshkin G.D., Poselov V.A., Sorokin M.Yu. (Russia)
Bathymetry and Deep Structure of the Arctic Continental Margin of
Russia in the context of article 76 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
SYMONDS, Phil, (Australia)
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