SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

Overview of Recent, Ongoing, and Future Investigations on the Dynamics and Evolution of European Margins (3.5 MB pdf)
by J. Mienert, P.P.E. Weaver, S. Berné, W.C. Dullo, D. Evans, A. Freiwald, J.-P. Henriet, B.B. Joergensen, G. Lericolais, V. Lykousis, J. Parkes, F. Trincardi, and G. Westbrook

Mediterranean Prodelta Systems: Natural Evolution and Human Impact Investigated by EURODELTA (2.4 MB pdf)
by F. Trincardi, A. Cattaneo, and A. Correggiari

The PASTA Project: Investigation of Po and Apennine Sediment Transport and Accumulation (4.5 MB pdf)
by C. Nittrouer, S. Miserocchi, and F. Trincardi

Sediment Dynamics in the Adriatic Sea Investigated with Coupled Models (912 KB pdf)
by C.R. Sherwood, S. Carniel, L. Cavaleri, J. Chiggiato, H. Das, J.D. Doyle, C.K. Harris, A.W. Niedoroda, J. Pullen, C.W. Reed, A. Russo, M. Sclavo, R.P. Signell, P. Traykovski, and J.C. Warner

The Impact of Humans on Strata Formation Along Mediterranean Margins (2.9 MB pdf)
by C. Liquete, M. Canals, P. Arnau, R. Urgeles, and X. Durrieu de Madron

The Role of Canyons on Strata Formation (1.6 MB pdf)
by M. Canals, J.L. Casamor, G. Lastras, A. Monaco, J. Acosta, S. Berné, B. Loubrieu, P.P.E. Weaver, A. Grehan, and B. Dennielou

The Impact of Quaternary Global Changes on Strata Formation: Exploration of the Shelf Edge in the Northwest Mediterranean Sea (1.6 MB pdf)
by S. Berné, M. Rabineau, J.A. Flores, and F.J. Sierro

Clinoform Generation on Mediterranean Margins (3.1 MB pdf)
by A. Cattaneo, F. Trincardi, L. Langone, A. Asioli, and P. Puig

Modeling Continental Shelf Formation in the Adriatic Sea and Elsewhere (1.1 MB pdf)
by L. Pratson, J. Swenson, A. Kettner, J. Fedele, G. Postma, A. Niedoroda, C. Friedrichs, J.P.M. Syvitski, C. Paola, M. Steckler, E. Hutton, C. Reed, M. Van Dijk, and H. Das

Hotspot Ecosystem Research on Europe’s Deep-Ocean Margins (1 MB pdf)
by P.P.E. Weaver, D.S.M. Billett, A. Boetius, R. Danovaro, A. Freiwald, and M. Sibuet

Imaging the Seascapes of the Mediterranean (1.9 MB pdf)
by D. Amblàs, M. Canals, G. Lastras, S. Berné, and B. Loubrieu

EUROpean Deep Ocean Margins (EuroDOM): A New Training-Through-Research Frontier (1.5 MB pdf)
by B. De Mol, V. Huvenne, S. Bünz, T. Alves, M. Canals, and V. Gunn

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES

Satellites Reveal the Influence of Equatorial Currents and Tropical Instability Waves on the Drift of the Kon-Tiki in the Pacific (1.2 MB pdf)
by R. Legeckis, C.W. Brown, F. Bonjean, and E.S. Johnson

UNOLS Establishes SCOAR to Promote Research Aircraft Facilities for U. S. Ocean Sciences (3 MB pdf)
by J.M. Bane, R. Bluth, C. Flagg, C.A. Friehe, H. Jonsson, W.K. Melville, M. Prince, and D. Riemer

DEPARTMENTS

QUARTERDECK: Visual Impact (164 KB pdf)
by E.S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT: The Next Steps (52 KB pdf)
by L. Clark

ESSAY: Observation, Hypothesis-Testing, and Discovery in Oceanography (108 KB pdf)
by T.R. Anderson

FROM THE GUEST EDITORS: Introduction to this Special Issue on Strata Formation on European Margins: A Tribute to EU-NA Cooperation in Marine Geology (76 KB pdf)
by J.P.M. Syvitski, P.P.E. Weaver, S. Berné, C.A. Nittrouer, F. Trincardi, and M. Canals

MEETING REPORT: Eighth International Conference on Paleoceanography (276 KB pdf)
by F.E. Grousset, P. Delaney, H. Elderfield, K.-C. Emeis, G. Haug, L.C. Peterson, T. Stocker, and P. Wang

THE ROGER REVELLE COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE SERIES: Abrupt Climate Changes: Oceans, Ice, and Us (660 KB pdf)
by R.B. Alley

EDUCATION: Why We Have to Teach Scientific Ethics in the Oceanography Classroom (84 KB pdf)
by M. Tomczak

AWARDS: The Jerlov Award: Presented to Howard R. Gordon, October 29, 2004 (84 KB pdf)

BOOK REVIEWS: The Machine in Neptune’s Garden – Historical Perspectives on Technology and the Marine Environment; Biogeochemistry of Marine Systems; Frozen Oceans – The Floating World of Pack Ice; The Sea’s Enthrall – Memoirs of an Oceanographer (236 KB pdf)