The case for transparency in the delimitation of the outer Continental Shelf in accordance with UNCLOS Article 76

Ocean Development and International Law

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Macnab, Ron ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Article 76 of the LOS Convention; Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; Outer limit of the continental shelf

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAW OF THE SEA; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 1642416089     PISSN: 00908320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908320490271483     Document Type: Article

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