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The authors truly appreciate many individuals and publishers who generously permitted reproduction of their figures and images from published work, educational websites and/or personal collections. The authors are particularly indebted to Doug Moore, Steve Dutch, Stephen Nelson, Kurt Hollacher, Gregory Finn, Patrice Rey, Neil Heywood, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Geological Society of America.

Kevin Hefferan would especially like to thank his wife Sherri and children Kaeli, Patrick, Sierra, Keegan and Quintin and parents Patrick and Catherine for their love, laughter and never wavering enthusiasm. Kevin is also grateful for the support of the Department of Marine Science, Safety and Environmental Protection at Massachusetts Maritime Academy of Buzzards Bay, MA. Kevin expresses his appreciation to all his collaborative colleagues through the years especially Jeff Karson, Tony Rathburn, William Hubbard, Heather Burton, Abderrahmane Soulaimani, Hassan Admou, Ali Saquaque, Nasrrrddine Youbi, Lucian Platt, Neil Heywood, Keith Rice, Doug Moore and Samantha Kaplan. Kevin was an undergraduate student of John O’Brien at New Jersey City University and greatly benefited from his wisdom as well as that of John Marchisin, Howard Parish and Barry Perlmutter.