114 PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY 



II. Intracontinental seas. 



A. Independent Seas. 



1. Mediterraneans, 



Zones: Pelagic, littoral, abyssal. 



a. Land-locked. 



Atlantic system: Roman. Black, Mexican. 

 Indian system: Red Sea. 

 Subordinate: Adriatic, Akabah. 



b. Marginal. 



Pacific system: Australasian group, East 

 China Sea, Japan Sea, Okhotsk Sea, 

 Behring Sea. 



Atlantic system: Caribbean. 



Indian system: Andaman. 



Arctic system: East Greenland Sea. 



2. Epicontinental Seas. 



Zones: Pelagic, littoral. 



a. Land-locked. 



Pacific system: Yellow Sea. 



Atlantic system: Hudson Bay, Baltic 



group. 

 Indian system: Persian Gulf. 

 Arctic system: White Sea, Sea of Obi. 



b. Marginal. 



Pacific system : Tasmanian Sea, Carpen- 

 taria Gulf. 



Atlantic system: North Sea, Irish Sea, 

 English Channel. 



Arctic system: East Spitzbergen Sea. 

 Kara Sea, Melville Sound. 



B. Dependent Seas. Funnel seas. 



I. Californian Type. 



Zones: Pelagic, littoral, abyssal. 



a. Closed Head. 



Pacific system: Californian Gulf. 

 Atlantic system: Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



b. Open Head. 



Indian system: Gulf of Aden, Gulf of 

 Oman. 



