Maritime Boundaries presents a variety of case studies illustrating the implications of recent changes in maritime territorial jurisdiction.
This book forms the proceedings of the International Meeting on UNEP's Regional Programmes in Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, Genoa, Italy, 12-14 February 1992. Over the last decade semi-enclosed seas and their coastal zones have been faced with a notable increase in populatio…
"The relationship of humans to computers can no longer be represented as one person in a chair and one computer on a desk. Today computing finds its way into our pockets, our cars, our appliances; it is ubiquitous -- an inescapable part of our everyday lives. Computing is even e…
The Upper Ordovician Neda Formation, Midwest, USA, is composed of hematitic dolostone and ironstone that rest conformably on crinoid and bryozoan wackestone to packstone of the underlying Maquoketa Formation. Deposition occurred within the Maquoketa Sea south of the Transcontine…
The last deglacial history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS), the world’s largest freshwater reservoir, is important for monitoring the current AIS change and projecting the future sea-level rise trend. However, due to the lack of direct observational constraints on AIS last degl…
In this book the physical geography of Earth is explained through the systems that shape the planet's lands, waters, and atmosphere. Each chapter combines text with more than 40 single-concept illustrations. The result is a distinctive design that weaves words and illustrations …
