Buried Waste in the Seabed  Acoustic Imaging and Bio-Toxicity (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
Contributors: Philippe Blondel (Editor); Andrea Caiti (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9783540281207
Subjects: Pollution of seas & oceans; Remote Sensing; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Acoustic imaging; Bio-toxicology; Buried targets; Geographic Information Systems; Image reconstruction; Marine pollution; Science / Geology; Toxic waste
First sentence: Dumping at sea is defined and regulated by two global conventions: the London Dumping Convention (1975), dealing with direct disposal of dumping at sea, and the MARPOL Convention (1973, modified 1978), dealing with ship-borne operations.