Subject Index 



365 



Storms, 116-118 

 Streams, beds, 181 



contribution of sediments, 25, 52, 66, 181, 183, 187, 

 188, 201, 206, 236-238, 247, 256 



drainage area, 27, 148 



erosion by, 25-27, 30-32 

 Submarine canyons, 28, 36-50, 62, 181, 217, 218, 227, 

 242, 305, 315, 325 



see also individual canyons by name 

 Submerged Lands Act, 326 

 Subsea fans, 46, 47, 226, 242 

 Subsidence, 318 



Sulfate, dissolved, 225, 265, 272, 273 

 Sulfur, 282, 284, 292, 293 

 Summerland, 321-324, 327 

 Sunset Bay, 315 



Superior Oil Company, 322, 324 

 Surf beat, 123 



Surface currents, 99-103, 113-116, 132 

 Surfside, 314 



Suspended sediments, 56, 147, 181, 237, 240-243 

 Swash mark, 194-196, 198 

 SweUs, 117, 118, 173 



7-5 diagram, 103, 104, 110 

 Talus, 10-13, 186 

 Tanner Bank, 62, 66, 78, 210, 211 

 Tanner Basin, life, 171 



lithology, 67 



sediments, 220-223, 228, 231, 250, 254, 265, 266, 278, 

 281,283. 285,286,290 



structure, 88 



topography, 51-54 



water, 108-110 

 Tanner Canyon, 47-50 

 Tar, 249, 320-322 

 Temperature, adiabatic change, 107, 108 



air, 102 



basins, 107-109, 113 



inversions, 104, 105 



water, general, 97-105, 133-138, 141, 154, 155, 168, 

 223, 224, 306 

 Terminal Island, 3 1 8 

 Terraces, raised marine, 5-8, 148, 168, 186 



submarine, 32-35, 95 

 Texas tower, 322, 324 

 Tia Juana River, 27, 49, 206 

 Thirtymile Bank, 38, 78, 210 

 Thixotropy, 215, 216, 261 

 Tidal channels, 11, 143, 180, 182 

 Tidal currents, 124, 130-132 

 Tides, 29, 30, 127-130 

 Trace elements, 233, 234 

 Tracks and trails, 16, 141, 142, 145, 146, 169, 172, 183 



see also Burrowing animals 

 Transparency, 41, 100, 149, 158, 240, 241, 301 

 Transverse Ranges, 52, 54, 59, 81, 82. 94, 96, 255 

 Trask sorting coefficient, 181-184, 191, 199, 200, 220, 



222 

 Tsunamis, 50, 124 

 Tuna, 153, 154, 304, 306, 308 



Turbidity currents, 50, 56, 57, 69, 222. 223, 227, 242, 243, 

 253-255, 280, 281, 292 



Underwater photographs, 33, 41, 44, 63, 70, 157-162, 



169, 171, 172, 174, 175, 244 

 Union Oil Company, 322, 324 

 U.S. Army Engineers, 316, 317 

 U.S. Bureau of Mines, 231, 274, 286, 322 

 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 4, 24, 62, 82, 125, 126, 



133, 320 

 U.S. Coast Guard, 309 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 97, 306 

 U.S. Geological Survey, 7, 82, 83, 120 

 U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory, 127, 308 

 U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 309 

 U.S. Pubhc Health Service, 299 

 U.S.S. Albatross, 159, 171 

 U.S.S. Hul Und Cony, 4 

 U.S. Weather Bureau, 102 

 University of California, 298 



Division of War Research, 158, 198 

 University of Southern Cahfornia, vii, 62, 151, 198, 223, 



281, 300, 304 

 Upwelhng, 73, 102, 114, 246, 306 



Velero Basin, structure, 88 



topography, 51-54, 135, 325 



water, 107-108 

 Venice, 314, 315 

 Ventura, 25, 67, 184, 187, 322 

 Ventura Basin, sediments, 217, 228, 242, 248, 254, 255, 289 



topography, 51-54 



water, 135 

 Ventura River, 27, 28, 187 

 Vicinte Cove, 184 



Volcanism, 61, 66, 67, 72, 94, 202, 209 • 

 Volume, of mountains, 54 



of sediments, 54 



of water, 54, 76,96, 106 



Warm spots, 1 16 



Warping, 94-96 



Water table, 130, 131, 186, 192, 296, 297 



Water volume, 54, 76, 96, 106 



Wave base, 37, 1 19 



Wave erosion, at depth, 37, 189, 205 



of shore, 12-15, 20-22, 25-27, 30-32, 119, 130, 142, 

 191, 194,204,205,237,317 

 Wave-induced currents, 25, 30-32, 120-124 

 Wave motion, 28, 116-121, 123, 204, 240, 241, 245, 317, 



318 

 Wave movement of sediment, 13-15, 25-28, 30, 124, 137, 



184-187, 191, 195, 205, 244 

 Wave refraction, 25, 119-121 

 Wave wash, 123, 130, 193, 195 

 West Cortes Basin, life, 171 



sediments, 220-225, 250, 251, 254, 258, 260, 290 



topography, 51-54 



water, 108-110 

 Whales, 156, 157, 178 



