Subject Index 



Abiogenetic synthesis, 120-122. 



125-127 

 Abioseston, 333 

 Abrasion, 483 

 Absorption, 109-110, 333 

 Abundance, 205, 216, 217, 221-222 



fluctuations, 204, 217 



gradients, 202 



level of, 213 



seasonal, 211, 213, 215 

 Abyssal fauna, see Fauna 

 Abyssal plains, 40-42, 78, 79, 234 

 Abyssal sediments, see Sediments 

 Accretions, see Manganese, nodules 

 Achlya, 500 



Acid-base equilibrium, 549, 556 

 Acid-base titration, 551 

 Adaptability, 161, 232 

 Adaptations, 232, 236 



genetic, 87 

 Aden, Gulf of, 11 

 Adiabatic equilibrium, 613, 615, 



617, 618, 620 

 Aerosol, 143 

 Affinity 



index of, 224 

 Africa, 9, 48, 49, 143, 180, 462, 464, 



469, 471 

 Afro-American interchange, 182 

 Age determination, 368-372, 374, 

 383, 587 



argon-potassium method, 386 



helium-uranium method, 386 



potassium, 386 

 Aggression, 247-250 

 Agulhas current, 468 

 Ainiktozoon loganense, 89 

 Air-sea boundary processes, 401- 

 423 



Alaska, 185, 356 



Gulf of, 433, 435, 444, 453 

 gyral, 441 

 Albatross expedition, 65, 374, 377, 



378 

 Aleutian Islands, 429, 435 

 Algae, 88, 89, 507 

 Allochthonous substances, 546 

 Alpha activity, 382, 383 

 Aluminosilicate. 558 

 Aluminum, 132, 362, 557-558, 587 



hydrolysis, 558 

 Amino acids, 502 

 Ammonia, 417, 422, 568 

 Ammonites, 186 

 Amphidiniiim, 290 

 Aniphidinium klehsii, 289 

 Amphidinium rhynchocephalium, 



289 

 Amphipoda, 325 

 Amphipyron, 511 

 Amphora perpusilla, 289 

 Anaerobic conditions, 485 

 Andes, 16, 139, 143 

 Antarctic, 177, 179, 180, 182, 184, 



308, 311, 314-316, 330, 358, 



456, 507, 557, 606 

 Andesite, 360 



Animal exclusion, 262, 499, 507 

 Anion redox equilibria, 573, 574 

 Annual cycle, 541, 543 

 Anomalocera pater soni, 203 

 Antilles, 464, 469, 471 

 Antimetabolites, 506 

 Apatite, 565 

 Appalachian folding, 47 

 Arabia, 49, 143 

 Aragonite, 386, 482 

 Arbacia, 261 



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