Continental Shelf Limits

ISBN-13: 9780195117820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 384 str.

Peter J. Cook; Chris Carleton

Opis

Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea lays down the rules and regulations governing claims to a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles for the 130 coastal States and entities that have ratified or acceded to it. This book is designed to help those coastal States implement the provisions of Article 76, covering the technical issues involved and explaining the interface between the legal concepts contained within the article. It covers all aspects that will have to be considered by a coastal State if it wishes to make a claim under the Convention, including the characteristics of continental margins, distance determination, bathymetric data collection. geological and geophysical techniques, and boundary conditions.

Recenzje

"This is a useful and informative reference compilation that will be invaluable to less well-developed nations and their advisors in seeking to establish maritime limits ... informative and relevant"Marine & Petroleum Geology