Dear Int-boundaries colleagues,
Please find below a preliminary copy of the programme of the
Conference on Technical Aspects of Maritime Boundary Delineation and
Delimitation, Including UNCLOS Article 76 Issues.
organised by the
International IOC-IHO-IAG Advisory Board on Geodetic, Hydrographic
and Oceanographic Aspects of the Law of the Sea (ABLOS)
which will be held at the
Bureau Hydrographique International
4, quai Antoine 1er
BP 445
MC 98011 MONACO Cedex
Principauté de Monaco
from 9 to 10 September 1999.
Please feel free to contact the ABLOS web site for more information
on this event:
http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/ablos/
The first session of the Conference is convened by the Commission on the
Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). For more information about the
work of the Commission to date, please visit:
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/tempclcs/clcs.htm
The second session of the Conference is convened by the Committee on
Geodetic Aspects of the Law of the Sea of the International Association
of Geodesy. For more information about the work of GALOS to date,
please visit:
http://www.unb.ca/GGE/GALOS/GALOS.HTM
Sincerely,
Galo Carrera
Secretary, GALOS IAG
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Please note that this is a preliminary list of papers and that
small changes and several additions are still possible.
Papers for 9-10 September ABLOS Conference, Monaco
1) Issues concerning the UN Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf -- convenor Galo Carrera, CLCS:
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
2) Geodetic issues, with emphasis on errors in maritime boundaries and
how to reduce them -- convenor B.G. Harsson, IAG GALOS:
CARRERA, Galo, (Mexico)
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:
CLARKE, John Hughes, (Canada)
no paper title
PALMER, Hal, Lorin Pruett, and Kurt Christensen, (USA)
GIS applications to maritime limit and boundary delimitation
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
BENNETT, John, (USA)
Contrast of the ‘Surface of Directed Gradients’ with the
‘Surface of Maximum Curvature’ to compute the foot of the
continental slope
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
HARDING, Jennifer, Herman Varma and Ron Macnab, (Canada)
The HH code: facilitating the management, manipulation, and
visualization of bathymetric data
MONAHAN, David (Canada), LOUGHRIDGE, Michael (USA), JONES, Meirion (UK),
and MAYER, Larry (Canada)
A model for using publicly available data and methodologies to begin
preparing a claim to an extended continental shelf under Article
76 of UNCLOS
4) Other issues and case studies (not necessarily related to Article 76
-- convenor C. Rizos, ABLOS:
MONAHAN, David and David WELLS, (Canada)
Achievable uncertainties in the depiction of the 2,500 m contour
and their possible impact on continental shelf delimitation
MACNAB, Ron, (Canada)
Article 76 in the Arctic - a catalyst for international collaboration
CHERKASOV, George, (Russia)
Bathymetry and Deep Structure of the Russian Arctic Continental
Margin in the context of article 76 UN Organization on the Sea Law
SYMONDS, Phil, (Australia)
no paper title
WIJAYANANDA (Sri Lanka)
no paper title
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