edited by Richard D. Law, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, J. Ryan Thigpen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Arthur J. Merschat, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, Harold H. Stowell, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
a joint publication by the United Nation Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, and the International Seabed Authority