evaporation-precipitation pattern and
circulation 20 Iff
evaporites 89 ff
deep sea 48ff
Mediterranean 89, 91
serial fractionation 90
lagoonal 134
as climate indicators 199
event stratigraphy 95
events, and geologic record 65
role of in sediment transport 101
cooling steps in Tertiary 263, 264
anoxic events 271, 273
evolution and the record 12
evolutionary tree 328
excess thorium-230 method 324
exchange patterns, basinal 124, 201
exogenic processes 16, 20ff, 60
export production 160, 220
extinction, Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 265
extreme conditions (for life)
Arctic 200
subtropis 162
FAD (first-appearance datums) 237
fan valley 65
Favites (coral) 330
fecal pellets 82, 157, 159, 175, 187
accelerated sinking 159
benthic 144, 175
transport 220
and silica flux 233
feedback, albedo 253
climate 259
geochemical 92
feldspar 80, 222
formulae 318
ferromangese concretions
see manganese concretions
fertility
see productivity
fixism 7
fjords 56, 125, 203
oxygen deficiency 166
flood basalt 32, 274
floods, Mississippi 111
Florida Current 111
Florida Keys, Acropora meadows 164
fluid circulation 53, 54, 305
flux 187, 220
siliceous fossils 232
of organic matter 220
flysch 3, 62, 63
food chain 157
foraminifers 189,329
ooze 215
Subject Index
345
see also planktonic foraminifers
benthic foraminifers
and genus names
foreshore 103
fossils, diversity 237
founders of marine geology Iff
fracture zones 27, 28ff
frequency analysis (spectral analysis) in
Pleistocene stratigraphy 251
fringing reef, Society Islands 186
frosted grains 80
fungal mats 175, 330
gabbro 23, 320
Galapagos spreading center (fauna)
Galveston Bay 141, 287
Island 142, 147
gas resources 278, 282
gateways and ocean currents 259
geochemical statistics 322
geologic time scale 317
geomagnetism 7
geostrophic currents 120, 122
geosyncline 53
Gephyrocapsa (coccolith) 192
giant clams 182
giant ripples, giant dunes 114, 121, 123
Gibraltar Current 125
glacial conditions
North Atlantic 190
world ocean 244ff
see also ice age glaciations, onset 146
glauconite 92,319
global warming 129,212,229,231
detection 208, 211
global change 208ff
human impacts 306
Globigerina (foram), climate zones 189
Globigerina ooze (= foram ooze) 215
Globigerinoides(foram) 145, 189,218,249,
329
oxygen isotopes 145,253
Globocassidulina (foram)262
Globorotalia (foram) 189, 217, 218, 248
Glomar Challenger 4, 11,32,33,33,215,241,
264, 297
goethite 90
formula 319
gold, placer 288; Red Sea 297
Gonyaulax (dinoflagellate) 329
graded layers 3, 63ff
see also turbidity currents,
circulation 20 Iff
evaporites 89 ff
deep sea 48ff
Mediterranean 89, 91
serial fractionation 90
lagoonal 134
as climate indicators 199
event stratigraphy 95
events, and geologic record 65
role of in sediment transport 101
cooling steps in Tertiary 263, 264
anoxic events 271, 273
evolution and the record 12
evolutionary tree 328
excess thorium-230 method 324
exchange patterns, basinal 124, 201
exogenic processes 16, 20ff, 60
export production 160, 220
extinction, Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 265
extreme conditions (for life)
Arctic 200
subtropis 162
FAD (first-appearance datums) 237
fan valley 65
Favites (coral) 330
fecal pellets 82, 157, 159, 175, 187
accelerated sinking 159
benthic 144, 175
transport 220
and silica flux 233
feedback, albedo 253
climate 259
geochemical 92
feldspar 80, 222
formulae 318
ferromangese concretions
see manganese concretions
fertility
see productivity
fixism 7
fjords 56, 125, 203
oxygen deficiency 166
flood basalt 32, 274
floods, Mississippi 111
Florida Current 111
Florida Keys, Acropora meadows 164
fluid circulation 53, 54, 305
flux 187, 220
siliceous fossils 232
of organic matter 220
flysch 3, 62, 63
food chain 157
foraminifers 189,329
ooze 215
Subject Index
345
see also planktonic foraminifers
benthic foraminifers
and genus names
foreshore 103
fossils, diversity 237
founders of marine geology Iff
fracture zones 27, 28ff
frequency analysis (spectral analysis) in
Pleistocene stratigraphy 251
fringing reef, Society Islands 186
frosted grains 80
fungal mats 175, 330
gabbro 23, 320
Galapagos spreading center (fauna)
Galveston Bay 141, 287
Island 142, 147
gas resources 278, 282
gateways and ocean currents 259
geochemical statistics 322
geologic time scale 317
geomagnetism 7
geostrophic currents 120, 122
geosyncline 53
Gephyrocapsa (coccolith) 192
giant clams 182
giant ripples, giant dunes 114, 121, 123
Gibraltar Current 125
glacial conditions
North Atlantic 190
world ocean 244ff
see also ice age glaciations, onset 146
glauconite 92,319
global warming 129,212,229,231
detection 208, 211
global change 208ff
human impacts 306
Globigerina (foram), climate zones 189
Globigerina ooze (= foram ooze) 215
Globigerinoides(foram) 145, 189,218,249,
329
oxygen isotopes 145,253
Globocassidulina (foram)262
Globorotalia (foram) 189, 217, 218, 248
Glomar Challenger 4, 11,32,33,33,215,241,
264, 297
goethite 90
formula 319
gold, placer 288; Red Sea 297
Gonyaulax (dinoflagellate) 329
graded layers 3, 63ff
see also turbidity currents,