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SUBJECT IXDEX 



Arhacia pnnctulata, 465 



Archaeocyathids, 179 



Archaic forms, 235 



Archean, 99, 100 



Arctic, 315, 316, 328, 391, 394, 456, 

 457, 619 

 basin, 67, 72, 137, 184, 185 

 earthquake belt, 9 



Arenicola, 395, 463 



Argon 



in age determination, 386 



Arsenic, 574 



Aruba, 16 



Ascidia, 325 



Asterionella japonica, 272, 273, 

 278-280, 282 



Asterococciis mycoides, 86 



Asteroidea, 323, 325, 327, 392, 460, 

 461, 464, 465 



Arthropoda, 327 



Asterias, 463 



Astropecten, 463 



Atlantic earthquake belt, 9 



Atlantic Ocean, 3, 12, 17, 41 

 67, 72, 78, 129, 136-138, 

 168, 185, 209, 212, 219, 

 306-313, 329, 331, 356, 

 364, 464, 469, 471, 488, 

 588, 589, 619, 620 

 North, 8, 47, 139, 140, 

 204-207, 210, 213, 215, 

 220, 314-316, 318, 338, 

 343, 2>53>, 404, 406, 409, 

 606, 611, 613, 615, 617 

 South, 311, 313-316, 539 



Atmosphere, 550 

 circulation, 136, 409 

 dust, 139, 141, 143, 166,478 

 primitive, 125 



Atolls, see Coral reefs 



Australia, 163, 180. 183, 471 



Authigenic minerals, 387, 478, 

 588, 590, 596 



Auxotrophy, 288 



48, 

 167, 

 273, 

 360, 



557, 



182, 

 216, 

 339, 

 599, 



483 



584, 



Avitaminosis, 265 

 Azores, 47, 462, 471 

 Azov, Sea of, 330 



Bacteria, 266. 506, 510, 542 



Baker Islands, 471 



Balamis aniphitrite, 221 



Baltic, 273, 274, 485, 487, Sii 



Barbados, 16. 346 



Barbados Ridge. 73 



Barents Sea, 273, 330 



Barite, 384, 590 



Barium, 132, 574, 575, 594, 595 



Baroclinic turbulence, see Turbu- 

 lence 



Barriers to dispersal, 163, 168, 203, 

 325 



Barrier reefs, 482 



Basalt, 360 



Bathystoma rimator, 246 



Beardmore Glacier, 179 



Bering Sea. 330, 435, 441 



Bering Straits, 315 



Bermuda, 467 



Beryllium, 372, 373, 380, 384, 583, 

 584 



Bicarbonate, 419 



Biddulphia aurita, 278, 279 



Biddulphia regia, 284 



Biddulphia sinensis, 278, 279 



Bikini, 73 



Biocenosis, 258, 544 



Biocirculation, ?>?>i, 422 



Biogeography, 151, 202-227, 491 



Biological circulation, see 

 Biocirculation 



Biological cycle, 422 



Biological transport, see Transport 



Bioluminescence, 234 



Biomass, 330-332, 520, 540, 541, 

 545, 546 



Bionomics, 241 



Biopoesis, 95-99 



Bioseston, 2>3>2) 



