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  <dc:contributor>G. W. Hill</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>M. Lockwood</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1988</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;Mapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;seafloor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;adjacent to the United States has been a national effort involving elements of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Commerce, certain academic institutions, and private industry, the latter primarily for the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;exploration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for oil and gas. These activities were accelerated by the USGS and NOAA in 1983, following the issuance of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;EEZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Exclusive Economic Zone) Proclamation by President Reagan. The intent of expanding the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;exploration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;already begun on the outer continental shelf (OCS) to the frontier of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;EEZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;is to determine the “characteristics”; and resource potential of this region. To coordinate this&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;exploration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, a Joint Office for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;Mapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(JOMAR) has been established by the U.S. Geological Survey (in the Department of the Interior) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (in the Department of Commerce). JOMAR's main purpose is to help direct and coordinate ongoing and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;planned&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;seafloor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;related activities in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;EEZ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and prepare a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;‐&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;year&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;mapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. JOMAR recently hosted a national symposium to identify the major elements of this&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. A comprehensive&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;mapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="single_highlight_class" onclick="highlight()"&gt;plan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;will provide the needed direction and guide this national challenge.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1080/15210608809379586</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Developing of 10-year EEZ seafloor mapping and research program</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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