340 Subject Index
asthenosphere 19, 27, 28,46
astronomic frequencies 251
and climate 304
Astrorhiza (foram), 180
Atlantic Ocean floor
physiography 18
Atlantic Ocean
hypsographic diagram 18
fit of borders 38
sea floor ages 36
statistics 42
dust in air 73
Atlantic-type margins (= passive margins) 45ff
volcanic and nonvolcanic
types 46,47
morphology 61
Atlantis II-Deep, Red Sea 297
atmosphere, chemical composition 322
carbon dioxide 228
atolls 196,198
Daly's hypothesis 146
Darwin's hypothesis 29, 145 ff
see also coral reefs
Avicennia (mangrove) 143
back arc spreading 52, 53
hot vents 296
backtracking of drill sites 266,277
bacteria 90, 158 ff, 328
Bahamas 143
Banks and Islands 86, 87, 89
overlap 38
mangrove vegetation 143
Baja California, canyon 109;
lagoon 134
Baltic Sea 82, 114, 125
giant ripples 104
current markers 116
forams 205
starfish 162
brittle stars 181
infauna 166
as model 203ff
productivity 204
oxygen minimum
Baltimore Canyon Trough 284
Barbados
sea level change 136,246
Barbados Ridge Complex 53
barchan (= crescent-shaped dune) 123
Barents Sea
weapons disposal 300
barite, formula 319
barrier islands and beaches 88, 140, 141. 142
Lido 152
bars, offshore 104, 105, 107
basalt, nature 31,322
-seawater reaction 294, 296
basement 12, 37
basin-basin fractionation 208, 249, 261
basin-shelf fractionation 270
bathyal, definition 43
Bouma sequence 63
Bay of Biscay, closure 38
beach 78, 103, 287
sand, composition of 78, 80
and waves 102
processes 103 ff
profile, change of 105 ff
erosion 111
deposits 13 Off;
placers 130, 287, 289
dune complex 140
-starvation 298
fouling of 299
Beagle V
bed load 99
bed form, and fluid discharge
rate 100
benthic boundary layer 124
benthic orgauisms 48,83, 157, 158, 166, 176
activity 158;
on sea floor 83 ff
shelf, diversity 163
types 166
food and substrate 167 ff
and hard substrate 168 ff
on sandy substrate 171
communities 180
in Arctic lagoons 200
benthic foraminifera 167
Bolivina, Calif. Borderld. 167
types 169
depth zonation in Baltic 205
carbon isotopes 238
benthic storms 120,123
berm 103, 107
Bermuda 194
calc. algae 164
beryllium 324
Bikini Atoll 196, 198
bio-erosion 170
bio-pumping 194, 255
bioclastic material 80
biogenous sediments 77, 79, 82ff, 188
structures 178
deep-sea patterns 216
biomarkers 211
asthenosphere 19, 27, 28,46
astronomic frequencies 251
and climate 304
Astrorhiza (foram), 180
Atlantic Ocean floor
physiography 18
Atlantic Ocean
hypsographic diagram 18
fit of borders 38
sea floor ages 36
statistics 42
dust in air 73
Atlantic-type margins (= passive margins) 45ff
volcanic and nonvolcanic
types 46,47
morphology 61
Atlantis II-Deep, Red Sea 297
atmosphere, chemical composition 322
carbon dioxide 228
atolls 196,198
Daly's hypothesis 146
Darwin's hypothesis 29, 145 ff
see also coral reefs
Avicennia (mangrove) 143
back arc spreading 52, 53
hot vents 296
backtracking of drill sites 266,277
bacteria 90, 158 ff, 328
Bahamas 143
Banks and Islands 86, 87, 89
overlap 38
mangrove vegetation 143
Baja California, canyon 109;
lagoon 134
Baltic Sea 82, 114, 125
giant ripples 104
current markers 116
forams 205
starfish 162
brittle stars 181
infauna 166
as model 203ff
productivity 204
oxygen minimum
Baltimore Canyon Trough 284
Barbados
sea level change 136,246
Barbados Ridge Complex 53
barchan (= crescent-shaped dune) 123
Barents Sea
weapons disposal 300
barite, formula 319
barrier islands and beaches 88, 140, 141. 142
Lido 152
bars, offshore 104, 105, 107
basalt, nature 31,322
-seawater reaction 294, 296
basement 12, 37
basin-basin fractionation 208, 249, 261
basin-shelf fractionation 270
bathyal, definition 43
Bouma sequence 63
Bay of Biscay, closure 38
beach 78, 103, 287
sand, composition of 78, 80
and waves 102
processes 103 ff
profile, change of 105 ff
erosion 111
deposits 13 Off;
placers 130, 287, 289
dune complex 140
-starvation 298
fouling of 299
Beagle V
bed load 99
bed form, and fluid discharge
rate 100
benthic boundary layer 124
benthic orgauisms 48,83, 157, 158, 166, 176
activity 158;
on sea floor 83 ff
shelf, diversity 163
types 166
food and substrate 167 ff
and hard substrate 168 ff
on sandy substrate 171
communities 180
in Arctic lagoons 200
benthic foraminifera 167
Bolivina, Calif. Borderld. 167
types 169
depth zonation in Baltic 205
carbon isotopes 238
benthic storms 120,123
berm 103, 107
Bermuda 194
calc. algae 164
beryllium 324
Bikini Atoll 196, 198
bio-erosion 170
bio-pumping 194, 255
bioclastic material 80
biogenous sediments 77, 79, 82ff, 188
structures 178
deep-sea patterns 216
biomarkers 211