INDEX 



La Jolla, Cal.: oceanographic cruises, 87 

 La Porte, Ind., 11° 

 Lactase deficiency, 376 

 Lahars, see Mudflows 

 Lake Erie 



circulation patterns, 254 



pollution, 262-268, 272, 273 



urbanization, 226 

 Lake Huron, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268 

 Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, 203 

 Lake Michigan, 227, 228, 257, Fig. VIII-13, 

 259, Fig. VIII-14, 262, 263, 264, 265, 

 266, 267, 268, 270 

 Lake Ontario, 255, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 



266, 267, 268, 270 

 Lake St. Clair, 263, 266 



Lake Superior, 257, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 



267, 268, 304 

 Lake Tahoe, 272 



Lake Victoria, Africa, Fig. Ill— 1 , 52, 72, 220 

 Lake Washington, 270, Fig. VIII-16, 272, 



Fig. VIII-17 

 Lakes, 294, 344 



contaminants, Fig. X-14 



dynamics of, 254-260 

 Laki (volcano), Iceland, 41 

 Lamb, H. H., 72 



Land Grant College system, 218 

 Land surface: world total, 299 

 Land use 



affected by climatic changes, 72, 73 



arable areas and world population, 

 Fig. VII-8 



droughts and, 167, 220 



effects of changes in, 34 



forest ecosystems, 294 



urbanization and, 278 



water quality and, 205, Fig. VII-7, 213 

 Landslides, 212 

 Langmuir, Irving, 154, 183 

 Langmuir spirals, 226 

 Larval ecology, 231 

 Lasers, 112, 194 

 Lassen Peak, Cal., 40 

 Latin America, 215, 370 

 Laurel forest, 298 

 Lava, 22, 27, 40-43 



evidence of earth's magnetic field 

 reversals, Fig. II— 2 



water storage, 203 

 Leaching of minerals 



tropical forests, 295, 296 

 Lead 



iodide (PbL), 118, 151, 152, 174 



isotopic studies, 30 



poisoning, 322, 327, 360 



pollutants in the air, 320, 330 

 content of dust, 193 

 urban-produced, 118 



toxic waste in lakes, 272 

 Legal implications 



building codes 



hurricane protection, 136 



hurricane modification, 132 



precipitation management, 173, 178 



Leisure science, 280 



see also Recreation and leisure time 

 Liberia, Fig. XI-3 

 Lichens: tundra, 313, 314 

 LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), 



58, 112, 147, 194 

 Life support systems, see Food chain 

 Lightning, 157-161 



light from, 157 



research, 158-159 



tornadoes and, 138 

 Likens, G. E„ 294 

 Lilly, D., 140 

 Limestone, 203 

 Limnology, 254 



Great Lakes, 26" 



Lake Washington, 273 

 List, R., 150, 151, 152 

 Lithosphere, 3, 29 

 Liverworts, 292 

 Livestock 



effect on water quality, 210, 214 



for western ranges, 74 



horse energy budget, Fig. IX-7 



protection against malaria, 367 



see also Herbivores 

 Loblolly pine forests, 308, 310 

 Lodge, J. P., 330 

 Lominadze, V. P., 152 

 London, Eng., 53, 113, 117, 386, 390 

 Lone Pine, Cal., 38 

 Long Beach, Cal, Fig. VII-3 

 Lorenz, Edward Norton, 63, 120 

 Lorenz, Fred W., 376 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 



air-quality models, 336 



destructive earthquakes, 38 



environmental contamination, 337, 388, 

 390 



fog disposal operation, 181, 182 

 Louisiana 



fire ecology, 308 



severe storms, 133, 134, 135, 136, 147 

 Lozowski, E. P., 152 

 Lubbock, Texas, 204 

 Lubec, Maine, 135 

 Ludlam, F. H., 109 

 Lumbering and logging 



water quality and, 210, 213 



fire and, 308, 310 

 Lung disease and functioning 



high altitudes, 381, 382 



see also Pulmonary edema 

 Lunn, J. E., 388 

 Lynx, 304 

 Lysimeter studies, 209 



M 



Macdonald, Eleanor Josephine, 366 



Machta, Lester, 64 



McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 232 



Magma, 40, 43, 48 



Magnetic field of the earth, 21 



core and, 3, 23 



earthquakes and changes in, 37 



reversals, Fig. II— 2, 25, 27, 28 



study of, 5 



Magnetic fields: interplanetary, 4, 6 

 Magnetite-chalcopyrite, 31 

 Magnetopause, 3, 7 

 Magnetosheath, 3, 7 

 Magnetosphere, 3, 5, 6, 7-8, 9 

 Maine, 118 

 Malaria, 364-367 



control and eradication of animal 

 diseases, 217 



DDT and 352 



resistance to, 376 



see also Sickle cell anemia 

 Malaya, University of Kuala Lumpur, 185 

 Malaysia, 238 

 Mammals 



extinct types, 73, 74 



marine, 239, 240-241, 245, 247 

 Mammauthus columbi, 



(extinct mammal), 73 

 Manabe, Syukuro, 64, 67, 69, 87 

 Manam Volcano, New Guinea, 43 

 Manganese deposits, 32 

 Manpower 



air pollution research, 334 



interdisciplinary training 

 environmental designs, 285 



training 



air-sea studies, 79, 82, 101 

 aquaculture, 251 

 pest control, 353, 356 



malaria, 367 

 tropical meteorology, 185, 188 

 Mantle of the earth, 21, 23, 26-34 



see also Earthquakes; Sea floor: spreading 

 Maps, climatic anomalies, 88 

 Mariculture, see Aquaculture 

 Marine invaders, Great Lakes, 262-263 

 Marketing specialists, see Farming 

 Marten, 304 



Martinique, West Indies, 42, 44 

 Maryland, 308 



Masaya (volcano), Nicaragua, 43 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 183 

 Materials changes, due to stresses, 36 

 Mauna Loa (volcano), Hawaii, 41, 44, 46, 64 

 Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean, 134, 135 

 Measurements 



aerobiology, 340, 345-349 



air quality, 331, 333, 334 



crustal velocity, 29 



sea-air movements, 100 



sound wave propagation, 112 



windborne dust tranport, 191, 193 



urbanization and weather changes, 115 

 Medical problems 



high altitudes, 379-385 



tropics, 364-370 



see also Diseases 

 Mediterranean Sea 



air-sea system, 86, 106, 109, 254 



earth processes, 35, 44 

 Mendel, Gregor, 373 

 Merapi Volcano, Java, 42 

 Mercaptans, 320 

 Mercury, 272, 322, 357 

 Mesopause, 11 

 Mesosphere, 3, 11, 12 

 Mesozoic era, 29, 30, 31, 55 



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