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Artificial wrecks: Unwanted consequences of the deliberate sinking of ships for recreational diving
Ecología AustralArtificial reefs are submerged human-made objects. In particular, the artificial wrecks are intentionally submerged obsolete ships. Once deployed, these wrecks are rapidly colonized by diverse benthic communities.
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Proceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA, 2021 Some coastal landscapes have become places of abandonment of boats at the end of their life. A growing phenomenon that affects many geographical areas, local communities, terrestrial and aquatic areas.
Maria Maccarrone
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Wreck removal and the Nairobi Convention - a movement towards a unified framework?
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks came into force on the 14 of April 2015 and provides a framework for wreck removal. Three central questions arise when dealing with shipwrecks; Who is responsible? What measures can and are to
Jhonnie Mikael Kern
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We All Live in a Virtual Submarine [PDF]
, 2010 Our seas and oceans hide a plethora of archaeological sites such as ancient shipwrecks that, over time, are being destroyed through activities such as deepwater trawling and treasure hunting.
Bale, Kim, Chapman, Paul, Drap, Pierre
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Naufragios en la costa de Bizkaia (1550-1800)
Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez, 2023 Shipwreck involves the darkest side of early modern maritime navigation and trade. Nonetheless, it is a socioeconomic and human feature of the marine communities, not deeply addressed for this period in the Biscayan coastline hitherto.Fortunately ...
Ekain Cagigal
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Radar imaging mechanism of the Birkenfels wreck in the southern North Sea [PDF]
, 2010 Varying tidal currents close to the sea bed cause sediment motion around wrecks leading to formation of scour holes and sand ribbons. Consequently, scouring destabilizes the position and shape of wrecks. Changing water depths above the shallowest parts
Hennings, Ingo, Herbers, Dagmar
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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The Archeology of Oil Tanker Shipwrecks and Their Potential to Pollute
HeritageOil tanker shipwrecks represent both cultural heritage and environmental risk. These wrecks are historically significant as war graves and simultaneously pose long-term threats to marine ecosystems through the potential release of petroleum cargo. During
Michael L. Brennan
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Les épaves de l’estran : un patrimoine exceptionnel, une gestion complexe !
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2019 Neglected for a long time by maritime archaeologists, intertidal shipwrecks, threatened by erosion and winter storms, now arouse a new interest.
Olivia Hulot, Cécile Sauvage
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Marine Archaeology at the Western Australian Museum [PDF]
, 1974 The Museum Act (1969) gives legal protection to vessels wrecked or stranded before 1900. The Marine Archaeology Department has divided the wrecks into two historical groupings, the presettlement wrecks (1622 to 1829) and the colonial wrecks (1829 to 1900)
Green, Jeremy, Henderson, Graeme
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