Subject Index 



363 



Paleocene rocks, 73 



Paleogeography, 74-76 



Paleotemperatures, 134-137 



Palos Verdes Hills, 55, 137, 148, 150, 209, 214, 217, 319 



composition, 66, 71, 73, 240, 250, 300, 301, 315 



landslides, 20, 313 



shelf, 32, 34-36 



shores, 16, 18,22-25, 119, 184, 185 



slope, 34, 36, 39-42 



terraces, 6-8, 21, 35, 36, 94, 148, 167, 186 

 Paraffin-naphthenes, 282-286, 288-291 

 Permeabihty, 193, 261-264 

 Petroleum, 274, 276, 281-283, 288-295, 320-327 

 pH, 16-19, 73, 183, 213, 225, 230, 236, 239, 248, 249, 



264-267, 271 

 Pheophytin, 278-281,286 

 Pholads, 16, 44, 147, 186 



Phosphate, 72, 73, 98-100, 106-109, 177, 270-273 

 Phosphorite, 65, 68-75, 91, 202, 207, 212, 215, 240, 245, 



319 

 Phyllospadix, 147, 176,217 

 Phytoplankton, 99, 100, 104, 138, 148-151, 176-179, 242, 



267, 273, 274, 279-282, 286-294, 301, 305, 306 

 Playadel Rey, 315 

 Pleistocene Epoch, 35-37, 48, 74, 94, 95, 135-137, 202, 



206, 223, 224, 237 

 Pleistocene sediments, 36, 47, 49, 67, 74, 94, 135, 148, 



167, 168, 183, 206, 209, 210, 213, 214, 293, 311 

 PUocene Epoch, 73, 74, 136, 293 



Phocene rocks, 47, 49, 66, 67, 94, 134, 135, 154, 168, 181, 

 213, 216, 227, 242, 276, 282, 283, 289, 292, 293, 312 

 Point Arguello, 117, 309 

 Point Arguello Eddy, 116 

 Point Conception, 26, 44, 59, 80, 93, 97, 100-103. 124, 



130, 134, 165, 187, 190, 198, 205, 215, 249, 309 

 Point Dume, 66, 123, 205, 311-314, 317 

 Point Fermin, 16, 187, 309 

 Point Loma, 23, 67, 88, 132, 302, 315 

 Polychaete worms, 162-167, 170, 171 

 Porosity, 193, 194, 259-264 

 Porphyrins, 278, 279, 286, 291, 294 

 Porpoises, 156, 178 

 Port Hueneme, 314, 315, 317 

 Precision Depth Recorder, 55, 158, 224 

 Protein, 265, 277, 278, 284, 293 

 Pyrite, 267, 272, 274 

 Pyrolysis, 286, 319 



Quartz, 187, 203, 206, 208-211, 217, 231-233, 236, 237, 

 246 



Radioactive waste disposal, 302-304 

 Radiocarbon dating, cores, 137, 179, 223, 238, 240, 247- 

 256, 273, 291 



early man, 1 



hydrocarbons, 288 



organisms, 251, 252 



terraces, 8, 37 



water, 251, 252 



Rafting of sediments by organisms, 156, 162-165, 240 



Recreation, beaches, 313-315 



Red clay. 181, 183, 223, 233-237 



Redondo Beach, 15, 24, 31, 137, 297, 314-317, 323-326 



Redondo Canyon, 27, 43-50, 217, 226, 315 



Relict sediment, 202-207, 210, 211, 244 



Residual sediment, 202, 204, 207-211 



Resins, 284, 293 



Richfield Oil Corporation, 233, 287, 320, 321 



Rincon Point, 89, 184, 322-324 



Rip currents, 21. 29, 121-123 



Ripple marks, 33, 42, 183, 194-198, 205, 242, 244 



Rock bottom, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 44, 50, 62-76, 174, 199, 



207, 244, 256 

 Rocky shores, 8, 9, 12-19, 21, 22, 25, 119-121, 144-148, 



237 

 Royalties, 326, 327 



R/V Velero IV, 51, 126, 159, 171, 236, 306 

 see also University of Southern California 



Sahne Water Conversion Act, 298 



SaUnity, 94, 99, 104, 107-109, 113, 130, 133-135, 138-141, 



258, 297 

 Salt crust, 198 

 Salt mining, 3 1 9 



San Bernardino Mountains, 54, 255 

 San Clemente, 311,312 

 San Clemente Basin, 171 



sediments, 220-225, 242, 250, 254, 258, 259, 278, 279, 



282, 285, 286 

 topography, 51-56, 58, 325 

 water, 108-111 

 San Clemente Island, 7. 10, 11, 32, 35, 55, 66, 67, 78, 80, 



82.94, 95,215.216 

 San Diego, 4, 6, 9, 11, 33, 62, 98, 115, 126, 130, 133-135, 

 140, 199, 200, 203-207, 300, 304, 309, 310, 317, 319, 

 321 

 San Diego Bay, 9, 11, 138, 319, 326 

 San Diego River, 188 

 San Diego Trough, economic, 302 

 Ufe, 220 

 hthology, 66 

 sediments, 220-227, 231, 242, 250, 254, 258, 282, 285, 



286, 290 

 structure, 78, 84, 87, 88 

 San Diegueto River, 188 

 San Fernando Basin, 51-54 

 San Gabriel Basin, 51-54 

 San Gabriel Canyon, 217 

 San Gabriel Mountains, 54, 66, 82, 255 

 San Gabriel River, 25-28, 138, 238 

 San Juan Seamount, 61, 66 

 San Miguel Island, 3, 44, 67, 152, 309 

 San Nicolas Basin, life, 158, 162-164, 171 

 hthology, 68 



sediments, 214, 220-225, 228, 250, 251, 254, 261, 290 

 structure, 84, 87, 88 

 topography, 51-54 

 water, 108-111 



