| Offshore Site Investigation: Proceedings of an International Conference, (Offshore Site Investigation), Organized by the Society for Underwater Tec Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Society for Underwater Technology (Sut) (Author) |
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ISBN: 9401173605 ISBN-13: 9789401173605 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Oceanography |
| Dewey: 551.46 |
| Series: Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshor |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.26 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: c. P. Wroth, Oxford University, UK I am grateful to the Organising Committee that were covered on the first day. First, we for the invitation to attempt to sum up the had Dr Riemersma talking about positioning proceedings. Summing up is not really the requirements, and it seemed to me to be an appropriate phrase - it is a difficult job to unhappy reflection on human frailty that he do justice in a summary to the amount of was concentrating so much on the errors in material that has been presented over the the system and on the human factors that two days of the conference. Clearly, each led to trouble, emphasizing that the techni- paper merits further individual attention in ques are vastly superior to the ability of the order to reflect on its content. What I am human beings who used them. Then, Dr going to say must necessarily be an unbal- Palmer talked about a fascinating case his- anced critique, because we are considering a tory of the Ocean Thermal Power Project; whole range of knowledge and experience in this was of particular interest because most a wide diversity of topics, and my comments of the other stories we heard were not so are bound to be biased by my own interests. specific and not about such a novel project. |