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Subject Index 



San Nicolas Island, 33, 38, 42, 50, 62, 66, 71, 78, 93, 97- 



100, 117, 120,207, 309 

 San Onofre, 66 



San Pedro, 134, 198, 203, 204, 247, 302, 307-310 

 San Pedro Basin, economic, 321 

 Ufe, 158, 162-164, 168, 170-172 

 lithology, 62, 68 

 sediments, 214, 216, 219-226, 231, 232, 241, 242, 247- 



254, 265, 278, 290, 292, 294 

 topography, 34, 36, 39-42, 51-56 

 water, 108-110, 128, 134 

 San Pedro Bay, 62, 67, 88, 90, 92, 94, 125, 127, 166, 206, 



207, 309, 326 

 San Pedro Sea Valley, 17, 43, 47, 49, 50, 217 

 Sand beaches, 8-12, 23, 25-32, 47, 50, 121-124, 130, 131, 



142-144, 181, 186-198, 201, 313-315 

 Sand domes, 193, 194, 198 

 Sand layers in basins, 212, 218, 219, 222-229, 249, 253, 



281,292, 

 Sand-shale ratio, 219, 220, 242, 247 

 Sand-silt-clay, 200, 201 

 Santa Ana Mountains, 54 

 Santa Ana River, 25-28, 49, 188, 300 

 Santa Anas, wind storms, 116, 181, 183, 236 

 Santa Barbara, 4, 11, 26, 31, 34, 37, 67, 80, 137, 164, 167, 

 187, 198, 200-204, 207, 247, 300, 314-316, 319, 321 

 Santa Barbara Basin, life, 162, 168, 170 



sediments, 214, 220-224, 231-235, 239, 247-273, 277- 



280, 283-290, 304 

 structure, 88, 93 

 topography, 51-54 

 water, 106-110 

 Santa Barbara Island, 23, 32, 62, 66, 67, 71, 105, 164, 



208-210 

 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 320 

 Santa Catalina Basin, life, 153, 162-164, 171, 175 



sediments, 214, 215, 220-225, 228, 231-235, 239, 250- 



254, 258-260, 267-274, 282-287, 290 

 structure, 84, 87, 94 

 topography, 38, 51-55 

 water, 108-110, 127, 128 

 Santa Catahna Island, 1-4, 7, 8, 32, 35, 38, 39, 55, 62, 66, 

 67,78, 100, 116, 117, 134, 152, 166, 167, 170,208,227, 

 303 

 Santa Clara River, 25, 27, 28, 49, 187 

 Santa Cruz Basin, Ufe, 171 



sediments, 214, 220-225, 228, 231, 250, 254, 260-262, 



278, 281, 284-286, 290 

 structure, 87, 88 

 topography, 39, 41, 51-54, 325 

 water, 107-111, 125, 128 

 Santa Cruz Canyon, 47, 50, 79 

 Santa Cruz Island, 23, 37, 66, 67, 82, 97-99 

 Santa Margarita River, 27, 28, 188 

 Santa Monica, 31, 105, 137, 168, 184, 187, 198, 203, 204, 



311-317, 321 

 Santa Monica Basin, life, 162, 168-171 

 lithology, 62, 68 



sediments, 214, 219-226, 231, 232, 236, 239, 242, 247, 

 250, 252, 254, 265, 268-271, 278, 285-287, 290, 292, 

 294 



structure, 94 

 topography, 51-56 

 water, 108-110, 128 

 SantaMonicaBay, 35, 62, 66, 67, 71,88, 91, 114, 115,166, 



186, 188, 189, 198, 200, 205-207, 297, 300, 315, 326 

 Santa Monica Canyon, 43, 47, 49, 217 

 Santa Monica City Engineer, 316 

 Santa Monica Mountains, 54, 66, 80, 82, 162, 187, 255, 



311 

 Santa Rosa-Cortes Ridge, 33, 62, 78, 103, 104, 136, 157, 



210, 212, 278, 304, 305 

 Santa Rosa Island, 8, 33, 37, 67, 78, 85 

 Santa Ynez Mountains, 52, 54, 187, 255 

 Sardines, 153, 305, 306, 308 

 Scripps Canyon, 27, 42-47, 49, 50, 205, 217 

 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, vii, 31, 58, 62, 97, 



101, 150, 159, 204, 224, 241, 302, 306 

 Sea arches, 23, 24 

 Sea birds, 156, 157 

 Sea caves, 22, 23 



Sea cUffs, 8-12, 21, 183, 236, 237, 311, 312 

 Sea elephants, 155, 156 

 Sea gullies, 40, 50, 215 



Sea level, 6-9, 35-37, 48, 49, 95, 123, 132, 133 

 Sea hons, 144, 155, 156, 178, 240 

 Sea urchins, 16, 146, 147, 166, 169, 171 

 Seal Beach, 11, 31, 241, 287, 317, 323, 324 

 Seamounts, 59-61, 66 

 Sediment strength, 215, 260, 261 

 Sediment traps, 205, 241 

 Seiches, 124-126,215 

 Seismic surveys, 85-87 

 Seismicity, 80-82, 94, 124 

 Sewage discharge, 138, 164, 167, 205, 288, 299-302, 313, 



317 

 Shark attacks, 154 



Shelf-break, 35-38, 43, 44, 200, 204, 241 

 Shelf channels, 36, 38, 43, 47 

 Shell Development Company, 278, 282 

 Shell Oil Company, 322, 324 

 Ship surging, 126 

 Shipping, 1, 300, 307-311, 320 

 Shipwrecks, 309-311 

 Shoreline classification, 8-11 

 Silica, dissolved, 109, 270-273 



Sillsofbasins, 51-54, 96, 107-110, 127, 135, 168, 170,214 

 Sixtymile Bank, 38, 66, 82 

 Skewness, 199, 200 

 Slicks, 127 



Solar energy, 19, 138, 176, 295, 298 

 Solution basins, 13, 16 

 Sonoprobe, 32, 92 

 Sound velocities, 85, 87, 259, 261 

 South Pacific Fisheries Commission, 150 

 Southern Water, 103-107 

 Sporbo, 207, 213 

 Spouting horns, 14 

 Squid, 152, 153, 159 

 State Lands Act, 326 

 Steam plants, 138 

 "Storm terraces," 11, 12, 21, 22 



