SUBJECT INDEX 



955 



Model experiments — cojttinned 



surface-tension effects modifying energy- 

 dissipation, 534 



Modern geosynclines, 761 ff 



"Moho", 230 



Mohole, 691 



Mohorovicic discontinuity, 89, 195, 413, 

 423, 426 ff 



Mollusks, 902 



Moluccas, 584 ff, 590 ff 



Molybdenum, 667 ff 



Monterey submarine canyon, 237, 337, 487, 

 503' 



Montmorillonite, 592, 703, 728 ff 



Montmorillonite from volcanic ash, 735 



Moonless Mountains, 261 



Mornington Abyssal Plain, 326 



Morocco, 287, 292, 301 



Mozambique, 327 



Mud feeders, 463, 832 



Muds and oozes, 451, 624 



Muir Seamount, 767, 840 ff 



Mukluk Channel, 324 



Mull lavas, 192 



Murray Expedition, 394 



Murray Fault and fracture zone, 195 ff, 

 198, 201, 260 ff, 263 



Naga Expedition, 417 



Hansen's Sill, 401 



Nares Abyssal Plain, 317, 322, 345, 353 



Nasca Ridge and guyots, 831 ff, 689 



Nassellaria, 875 



National Institute of Oceanography (Eng- 

 land), 437, 470 



Natural radioactive nuclides, 816 



Nautilus submarine, 327 



Navy Electronics Laboratory (U.S.A.), 

 438, 442, 445 ff, 463, 470, 483 



Nazareth Bank, 265 



Nearshore processes: see Beach and near- 

 shore processes 



Nebraskan glacial strata, 894 



Neritic marine basins, 614 



Neritic sediments 

 calcareous, 554 ff 

 non-calcareous, 583 ff 



Netherlands, 291, 297, 893, 897, 902 



Newboume Crag strata, 893 



New Britain-Bougainville-New Hebrides 

 Trench, 419 ff, 424 ff 



Newfoundland, 239, 256, 282, 295, 315, 338 



Newfovmdland Abyssal Plain, table of cores, 

 347 ff 



New Guinea, 414 



New Hebrides, 424 ff, 432 



New Jersey, 293 



New South Wales, 610 



New York, 295 



New Zealand, 123, 252, 393 ff, 398, 404, 



414, 432, 584 ff, 607, 880 

 Nice, 299 

 Nickel, 666 



Nickel-iron spherules, 675 

 Niger Delta, 493 

 Nile Delta, 253, 329 

 Niobium, 669 

 Nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon in sediments, 



600, 677 

 Nitrosomanas and Nitrobacter, 600 

 Non-dipole field, 185 

 Nonion lahradoricum, 350 

 Nontronite, 663, 667 ff, 701 ff 

 Normandy, 292, 635 

 North America continental margin, 239, 



293 ff, 297 

 North American stratigraphic column, 894 

 North Atlantic {see also under Mid-Oceanic 



Ridge), 187 ff, 227, 234 ff, 253 ff, 256 ff, 



260, 270 ff, 274, 282, 350, 354, 465, 



812 ff, 918 

 Northeast Pacific, 193 ff, 253, 260, 322 ff, 



381, 877 

 Northern Alps stratigraphic column, 893 

 North Kimberley, 298 

 North magnetic pole, 175 

 North Pacific, 251, 276, 332, 373, 598, 655, 



730 ff, 735, 738 ff, 763 

 North Sea, 292 ff, 622, 625, 628, 643 

 Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Canyon, 



339 ff 

 Norway and Norwegian Sea (see also under 



Mid-OceanicRidge),123,281,283ff,288, 



292, 304 ff, 327, 584, 644 ff, 648, 768, 



918 

 Norwich Crag strata, 893 

 Nova Scotia, 295 

 Nutrient regeneration, 599 



Oahu, 164, 368 

 Ocean-basin floor, 235 

 Oceanic islands, 365 



arcuate groups, 366, 412, 424, 428 



currents affected by, 385 



distribution, 365 



importance, 385 

 "Oceanic" Layer 2, 100 

 Offshore zone, definition, 529 



