Copyright © 1996 by International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers,
Golden, Colorado, USA. All Rights Reserved.
The First ISOPE International
Deep-Ocean Technology
Symposium & Workshop
(ISOPE IDOT-96)
Los Angeles, California, USA, May 31-June 1, 1996
Presented at:
First ISOPE International Deep-Ocean Technology (IDOT-96) Symposium held in Los
Angeles, USA, May 31-June 1, 1996
Organized by: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
Sponsored by: National Science Foundation, USA; International Society of
Offshore and Polar Engineers; IFREMER, France; Colorado School of Mines, USA
Acknowledgements: The authors gratefully acknowledge that a part of this
effort was supported by the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, under the
Research Grant BES-9523628, administered by Colorado School of Mines.
Publication: The final revised papers of the preprints are published in Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1996 issue of the
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISSN 1053-5381). The first
paper is the summary of the Workshop. The contents of all preprint papers except that of
Igor M. Sborshchikov were revised upon peer review after the Symposium. Verbal
presentations without preprints were made at the Workshop by: D.R.. Yoerger, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, USA, on Surveying a Subsea Lava Flow Using the Autonomous
Benthic Explorer (ABE); and H. Chiu, Amoco Production Company, USA, on Technical Issues
for Deep-Ocean Petroleum Exploration and Production.
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