Subject Index 



Abalone, 147, 148, 162, 302, 306 



Abyssal sea floor, sediments, 181, 218, 220-224, 231, 233, 

 236-238, 246, 250, 254-256, 258, 290 



topography, 58-60, 87 

 Acoustics, 198 



see also Sound velocities 

 Air entrapped, 193, 194 

 Alamitos, 323, 324 

 Alamitos Bay, 138, 315 

 Albacore, 153, 306, 308 

 Allan Hancock Foundation, vii, 149 



see also University of Southern Cahfornia 

 Amino acids, 277, 278 

 Ammonia, 110, 138, 265, 268-270, 287, 301 

 Anacapa Island, 22-24, 37, 52, 62, 66, 67, 208-210, 321 

 Anaerobic conditions, 183, 265-273 



see also Eh, Hydrogen sulfide 

 Anaheim Bay, 314, 317 

 Ancient beach, 95, 144, 148, 186, 244 

 AnticUnes, 78, 93, 94 



see also Petroleum 

 Aprons, 39, 40, 57, 59, 227 

 Arkose, 187, 225 

 Aromatics, 282-286, 290, 292 

 Artificial heating, 138, 299 

 Asphalt, 282-285 



see also Tar, OU seeps 

 Atomic bombs, 302, 303 

 Atomic Energy Commission, 303 

 Atterberg limits, 215, 216, 260 

 Authigenic materials, 68, 202, 204, 207-211, 245 



see also Glauconite, Phosphorite 



Bacteria, 104, 150, 152, 170, 173-175, 179, 265, 269-273, 



287, 300, 301 

 Baja Cahfornia, 2, 3, 6, 54, 57, 97, 1 10, 116, 141, 144, 165, 



168, 180, 182, 185 

 Ballona Creek, 1 56, 1 87, 206 

 Bank tops, 32, 181,222,273 



Barite concretions, 216, 217 



Basalt, 12, 18, 21, 61, 119, 136, 184, 210 



Base exchange, 296, 297 



Basement rocks, 55, 66-68, 82. 91 



Basin slopes, age, 39, 77 



origin, 39, 77-80 



plan, 38, 52 



sediments, 39-41, 77, 181, 215-218, 226, 227, 273 



steepness, 38-41, 53, 54 



trench at base, 38, 40 

 Basins, age, 54 



dimensions, 51, 52 



floors, 52-56, 96, 169, 170, 174, 175, 181 



hypsographic curves, 53 



hfe, 159-162, 168-175 



sediments, 52-56, 67, 73, 76, 84, 87-90, 201, 218-236, 

 238,245,273,247-291 



siUs, 51, 52, 54, 96, 107, 108, 135, 168, 170, 214 



waters, 106-113 

 Bathypelagic animals, 41, 159-162, 176 

 Bathyscaphe, 157, 173, 215, 308 

 Beach gravel, 3 1 9 



see also Gravel beaches 

 Beach ridges, 6, 9 

 Bed load, 181, 237 

 Benthos, 134, 162-178, 301, 302 

 Bentonite, 313 



Berms, 185, 186, 192, 195, 197, 198, 238 

 Bioindex, 170-172 

 Biological environments, basin and slope, 168-175 



bathypelagic, 159-162 



classification, 140 



epipelagic, 148-157 



mtertidal, 140-148 



mesopelagic, 157-159 



shelf, 162-168 

 Biomass, 164, 166, 167, 170-172, 175-179 

 Biotite, 213, 214, 232, 242 

 Bluff" Cove, 185 



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