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Subject Index 



Borings, animal, 16-19, 147 

 Bouguer anomalies, 83-85 

 Breakers, 119-122 

 Breakwaters, 25, 27, 28, 314, 317 

 Bromine, 319 

 Budget, organic, 175-179 

 Bulk density, 259 



Burrowing animals, 143, 146, 169, 172-175, 217, 259, 266 

 see also Tracks and trails 



Calafia, 3 



Calcareous algae, 37, 147, 167, 209, 239 

 Calcium carbonate, equilibria, 16-19, 142, 239, 287 

 in sediments, 181, 182, 202-212, 216, 218-225, 229, 



235-239, 244-246, 249, 252-258, 279, 280, 289, 290, 



293, 294 

 solution, 14-19, 142, 183, 244-246 

 California Academy of Science, 306 

 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, 



27, 177, 178 

 California Current', 100-104, 136 

 California Division of Fish and Game, 97, 138, 154, 178, 



305, 306 

 CaUfornia Division of Mines, 88 

 California Institute of Technology, 80 

 California Research Corporation, 226, 232, 233, 235, 288 

 California State Lands Commission, 325-327 

 California State Water Pollution Control Board, 198, 



300, 304 

 Camp Pendleton, 31, 314, 315 

 Capistrano Beach, 166 

 Capitan, 323 



Carbohydrates, 265, 277, 284, 293 

 Carbon, 274-276, 284, 285, 288, 290, 292-294 

 Carbon dioxide, 17, 19, 152, 176, 239, 265, 270, 287 

 Carbon-nitrogen ratio, 274-278 

 Carbon 13, 288-292 

 Carlsbad, 184,319 

 Carlsbad Canyon, 47 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, 80 

 Carotenes, 281, 282 

 Carotinoids, 281, 282 

 Carpenteria, 321 

 Catalina Canyon, 47, 49, 50 

 Catalina Eddy, 116 

 Chemical composition of sediments, 72, 232-235, 274, 



277, 284, 285, 290 

 Chitens, 17, 18,46,47 

 Chlorite, 230, 231,235, 236 

 ChlorophyU, 278-281, 292, 294 

 Chromatography, 278, 282, 288, 289, 292 

 Coal, 292-295, 299 

 Coal Oil Point, 321,323 

 Coccohths, 151 

 Collophanite, 71, 72, 210 

 Color, of sediments, 183, 206, 210-213, 216-219, 224, 



234-236, 272, 280 

 of water, 99, 100 

 Committee on Origin of Oil, 291 

 Compaction of sediments, 219, 223, 228, 253, 261-264 



Continental borderland, 4, 5, 54, 67, 68, 73, 76, 84, 94, 



96, 103, 117,234 

 Continental Oil Company, 322, 324 

 Continental shelf, 325 



see also Mainland shelf. Island shelves 

 Continental slope, 4, 55, 57-59, 79, 80, 84, 87, 89, 103, 181, 



218, 221, 224, 228-231, 233, 235, 255, 256, 258, 290 

 Corer penetration, 259 

 Coronado, 154, 187,315 

 Coronado Bank, 73, 88, 94, 167, 210 

 Coronado Canyon, 43, 44, 47, 49, 66, 227 

 Coronado Escarpment, 38 

 Cortes Bank, 58, 62, 66, 78, 103, 210, 211, 225 

 Crabs, 141, 143, 147 

 Cretaceous Period, 89, 94 

 Cretaceous rocks, 18, 49, 65-67, 93, 135 

 Crinoids, 171, 175 

 Cunningham-Shell Act, 327 

 Currents, basin, 108-113 



intermediate, 102-106 



shelf 113-116 



surface, 99-108 



tidal, 130-132 



wave-induced, 27-32, 120-124 



wind, 1 1 5 

 Cusps, beach, 186-189 



Dana Point, 184,311,312 



Deep-sea channels, 47, 48, 57, 226 



Deep-sea floor, see Abyssal sea floor 



Deep sound-scattering layer (DSL), 158-160 



Deposition rate, 223-225, 231, 237, 238, 245-259, 262, 



273,278,281,286 

 Diagenesis, 230-233, 261-292 

 Diatoms, 100, 149, 150, 230, 256, 267, 274, 301 



see also Phytoplankton 

 Diffusion, 264, 270 

 Dinoflagellates, 150, 289, 301 

 Distillation of sea water, 298, 299 

 Diving, 43, 45, 63, 205 

 Dominguez Hills, 93 

 Dredging of harbors, 190, 316, 317 

 Drift bottles, 102 

 Drift cards, 113-115 

 Driftwood, 240 

 Drilhng barge, 322, 323 

 Drogues, 113, 115 

 Drownings, 122, 123 

 Dume Canyon, 27, 47, 49 

 Dunes, 181, 183,206 

 Dust faU, 236, 237 

 Dynamic topography, 97-105, 113 



Earthquakes, 22, 78, 80-82, 124 



East Cortes Basin, sediments, 220-223, 231, 250, 251, 

 254, 258, 290 



topography, 51-55 



water, 108-110 

 Echo sounders, 158-160 

 Eddy, off"shore, 101, 102 



