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The charts, maps and web sites consulted to determine the present-day depth contours used to characterize Pleistocene shore lines when sea levels were below present-day levels.

The origin of the base maps presented here is a Geographic projection in ArcView (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) that is very similar to an Equal Area Cylindrical projection. The Geographic projection has minimal area distortion near the equator.

Topography from WORLDBATH. This is the ETOPO5 5x5 minutes Navy database, giving bathymetry/ topography on a 5 minute by 5 minute grid. WORLDBATH data are taken from the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Series established by HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1903. 5th. Edition, April 1979. Mercator projection. Scale 1:10,000,000 at the equator. Heights and depths in meters. Map numbers 5.05, 5.06, 5.09, 5.10.

National Geographic Maps of the World, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. USA. World Ocean Floors, Pacific Ocean, 1992.

United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency [United States Defense Mapping Agency]

Chart No. 3122, Sumatra-West Coast, Singkel to Padang including Adjacent Islands. 1st ed. 1942, scale 1:500,000.

Chart No. 3132, Asia, South China Sea, Gulf of Siam. 4th ed. 1954, scale 1:959,000.

Chart No. 3133, Asia, Federation of Malaya - Thailand, Gulf of Siam, Kuala Trengganu to Nakhon Roads, 5th Ed. 1955, scale 1:496,000.

Chart No. 63250, Asia, India - Sri Lanka, Palp Strait and Gulf of Mannar, 5th ed. 1983, scale 1:310,350.

Chart No. 71018, Indonesia, Western Portion of Jawa including Selat Sunda. 10th ed. 1996, scale 1:497,000.

Chart No. 71027, Pulau Bintan to Mui Ca Mau including North Coast of Borneo and Adjacent Islands. 8th ed. 1991, scale 1:1,091,700.

Chart No. 71033, Indonesia - Malaysia - Singapore - Australia, Western Part of Java Sea and Southern Passages to China. 31st ed. 1996, scale 1:1,613,850.

Chart No. 71180, Indonesia, Selat Sunda and Approaches. 29th ed. 1996, scale 1:290,480.

Chart No. 71265, Singapore - Malaysia - Indonesia, Singapore Area. 2nd ed. 1996, scale 1:200,000.

Chart No. 71295, Asia, Indonesia-Malaysia, Strait of Malacca - Northwest Part. 1st ed. 1991, scale 1:300,000

Chart No. 72014, Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines, Sandakan Pelabuhan to Sungai Mahakan including the Northern Portion of Makassar Strait. 10th ed. 1996, scale 1:750,000.

Chart No. 72035, Indonesia, Eastern Portion Jawa including Madura, Bali, and Lombak. 8th ed. 1998, scale 1:497,000.

Chart No. 72223, Bali Sea, Indonesia, Selat Bali. 8th ed. 1995, scale 1:200,000.

Chart No. 73024, Indonesia - Papua New Guinea, New Guinea - Southwest Coast, Merauke to Tanjung Van Den Bosch. 3rd ed. 1996, scale 1:1,000,000.

Chart No. 74008, Australia - Indonesia - Papua New Guinea, Booby Island to Cape Wessel including Gulf of Carpentaria. 6th ed. 1994, scale 1:1,000,000.

Chart No. 92006, Asia, Philippines Islands, Southern Part Including Adjacent Islands and North Coast of Borneo. 5th ed. 1999, scale 1:1,089.900.

Chart No. 92550, Philippine Islands, North Balabac Strait and vicinity. 2nd ed. 1976, scale 1:100,000.

Chart No. 93036, Mui Da Nang to ShenQuan Gang including Hainan Dao and Paracel Islands. 10th ed. 1996, scale 1:1,035,000.

Chart No. 93160, Gulf of Thailand - South China Sea, Thailand - Malaysia, Kuala Terengganu to Laem Kho Thra, 3rd ed. 1986, scale 1:242,900.

Chart No. 93180, Asia, Gulf of Thailand, Laem Kho Phra to Ko Kra, 7th ed. 1996, scale 1:250,000.

Chart No. 93220, Asia, Gulf of Thailand, Lang Suan Roads to Prachuap Khiri Khan, 6th ed. 1997, scale 1:240,000.

Chart No. 93280, Asia, Cambodia - Thailand, Gulf of Thailand, Ko Kut to Baie De Ram, 4th ed. 1985, scale 1:240,000.

Chart No. 94040, Shibeishan Jiao to Jiangjun Tou including Taiwan Banks. 13th ed. 1997, scale 1:300,000.

Chart No. 94060, Haitan Wan to Gulei Tou including Adjacent Coast of T=ai-wan. 10th ed. 1996, scale 1:300,000.







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