World Data Service for Geophysics, Boulder

*Delimiting Continental Shelves
Resources on the WWW

• Related International Scientific Organizations/Programs:
  • International Hydrographic Organization
    
    
  • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
    
    
  • IOC/IHO Ocean Mapping Programs
    
    - General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
    
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic (IBCAO)
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Caribbean Sea & the Gulf of Mexico (IBCCA)
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Central Eastern Atlantic (IBCEA)
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean (IBCM)
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Indian Ocean (IBCWIO)
    - - International Bathymetric Chart of the Western Pacific (IBCWP)
    
    
  • International Geological-Geophysical Atlases of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (GAPA)
    
    
• Law of the Sea, Maritime and Ocean Law Resources:
  • Univ of New Hampshire CCOP/JHC Law of the Sea Mapping Study
    
    
  • United Nations - Oceans & Law of the Sea
    
    - Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
    
    
  • International Seabed Authority
    
    
  • International Boundaries Research Unit, Univ. of Durham
    
    - Intl. Boundary News
    - Intl. Boundary Related Links
    - Workshops
    

   

• Sample National Scientific Programs Related to Continental Shelves/Margins:
  • Univ of New Hampshire CCOP/JHC Law of the Sea Mapping Program
  • US MARGINS Program Office
  • USGS Mapping of the Coastal US Seafloor

   

• Sample Mapping Software:
  • GMT Mapping Software
  • ESRI Live Mapping Site - "ArcData Online"

   

• Examples of Data Sources Available:
  • British Oceanographic Data Center (BODC)
    
    - GEBCO Digital Atlas
    
    
  • GEIXS Geological Data Sets in Europe
  • IHO Data Center for Digital Bathymetry (IHODCDB)
  • IOC Intl Oceanographic Data & Information Exchange
  • Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Core Data
  • ODP Borehole Logging Data
  • World Data Service for Geophysics, Boulder
    
    - Bathymetry, Hydrography, and Relief
    
    - Digital Coastline Databases
    
    - Measured and Estimated Seafloor Topography, Sandwell and Smith
    
    - ODP/DSDP data available from NGDC/WDC GMG, Boulder
    
    - Sediment Thickness data
    
    
  • World Data Centers

   

• Examples of Related Scientific Publications on the WWW:
  • Continental Shelf Research, Elsevier

   

• Sample Sources of Links on the WWW:
  • Geological Survey of Japan
    Directory of Geoscience Organizations of the World

• Marine Data & Information Centers in Europe
• EuroGeoSurveys (use GeoData link for updates)
  • Austria-Geologische Bundesanstalt
  • Czech Republic-Czech Geological Survey
  • Denmark/Greenland-Geological Survey of Denmark and Greeland
  • Estonia-Geological Survey of Estonia
  • Finland-Geological Survey of Finland
  • France-French Geological Survey (BRGM)
  • Germany-Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
  • Germany-Mainz Geoscience Institute
  • Germany-Ministerium fur Bau Universities
  • Greece-Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration
  • Hungary-Hungarian Geological Survey
  • Ireland-Geological Survey of Ireland
  • Lithuania-Geological Survey of Lithuania
  • Netherlands-The Netherlands National Geological Survey
  • Norway-Geological Survey of Norway
  • Norway-Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
  • Norway-University of Bergen
  • Poland-Polish Geological Institute
  • Portugal-Instituto Geologico e Mineiro
  • Slovak Republic-Geological Survey of Slovak Republic
  • Sweden-Geological Survey of Sweden
  • Switzerland-National Hydrological and Geological Survey
  • Turkey-MTA
  • Ukraine-Ukrainian State Committee on Geology and Utilization of Mineral Resources
  • United Kingdom-British Geological Survey

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The above is an on-line compendium of web resources, compiled for:

Continental Shelf Limits: The Scientific and Legal Interface, 2000,
edited by Peter J. Cook, British Geological Survey, and Chris Carleton,
Oxford University Press, 336pp.