346 Subject Index
turbidites grain size 78
role in transport 98
classification 319
Grand Banks Earthquake 64
granite (rock-type) 320
granodiorite (rock-type) 320
gravel deposits 78
for building 278
gravity anomalies, study of 5, 26
graywacke (rock type) 321
Great Barrier Reef 21,27,83, 170, 199
greenhouse gases 208, 211, 243
Greenland-Faroe Ridge 123
Gulf of California 93
as rift model 51
oxygen minimum 271
Gulf of Mexico 48, 142, 147
heavy mineral provinces 81
barrier beaches 142
petroleum 280
salt 281
Gulf Stream 111 ff
and benthic diversity (shelf) 163
and coral growth 194, 195
and heat budget 261
Guyamas basin, sulfide deposits 297
guyots (flat-topped seamounts) 29, 198
gypsum 89, 90, 134
formula 319
gyres 111
hadal, definition 43, 44
half-life, radioactivity 323
Halimeda (calcareous algae) 164,330
halite 90
formula 319
halothermal circulation 121
Hatteras Abyssal Plain 22
Hawaiian Islands, origin of 30ff
beaches 80, 105
heat budget, ocean 260, 261
plankton-benthos ratio 84
heat flow 24, 296
heavy metals, sea floor deposits 289
heavy minerals 80
-provinces 81
placer deposits 287
types 260
formulae 318
HEBBLE experiment 123
Helicopontosphaera (coccolith) 192
Helminthopsis (burrow) 178
hematite, definition 319
hemipelagic sediments 48,81,89,215
Hercynian Mountains (Paleozoic fold belts) 38
Heterostegina (foram), carbonate production
168
hiatuses 12, 94, 124
and regression 147
and CCD fluctuations 270
high energy environments 82
hinge line 4
Hjulstrom diagram 99
Holocene, duration
holothurians 332
deposit feeders 174
tracks 174
hornblende-type minerals, definition 318,319
horse latitudes 112
hot spots 22, 29ff, 39
mantle plumes 22, 30ff
Iceland 46
tracks in Indian Ocean 32
hot vent 182, 296
communities IV, 182ff, 296, 304
sulfides 293
Huahine Island (Pacific) 186
Hudson Canyon 61
humid basins 201
hurricane activity 56
and global warming 230
hydrocarbons 66, 129,279, 300
see also petroleum
hydrogenous sediments 77, 79, 89ff
hydrothermal circulation 292, 294ff
East Pac. Rise 183
Galapagos spreading center 182
also see hot vent
hypsographic curve 15, 127
ice action, and shelf morphology 199, 201
ice age, conditions, North Atlantic 190
ocean 242, 244
cycles 243
onset 261
ice, drift limits, North Atlantic 72
Tertiary build-up 264
ice build-up on Antarctica 146, 263
ice-cores 212
ice-rafted debris 71, 72, 201, 207,264
icebergs, drift 114
illustration 186
Iceland 20, 22, 46
ichnology 175
igneous rocks 320
illite 82, 222, 224
formula 319
ilmenite placers 287
turbidites grain size 78
role in transport 98
classification 319
Grand Banks Earthquake 64
granite (rock-type) 320
granodiorite (rock-type) 320
gravel deposits 78
for building 278
gravity anomalies, study of 5, 26
graywacke (rock type) 321
Great Barrier Reef 21,27,83, 170, 199
greenhouse gases 208, 211, 243
Greenland-Faroe Ridge 123
Gulf of California 93
as rift model 51
oxygen minimum 271
Gulf of Mexico 48, 142, 147
heavy mineral provinces 81
barrier beaches 142
petroleum 280
salt 281
Gulf Stream 111 ff
and benthic diversity (shelf) 163
and coral growth 194, 195
and heat budget 261
Guyamas basin, sulfide deposits 297
guyots (flat-topped seamounts) 29, 198
gypsum 89, 90, 134
formula 319
gyres 111
hadal, definition 43, 44
half-life, radioactivity 323
Halimeda (calcareous algae) 164,330
halite 90
formula 319
halothermal circulation 121
Hatteras Abyssal Plain 22
Hawaiian Islands, origin of 30ff
beaches 80, 105
heat budget, ocean 260, 261
plankton-benthos ratio 84
heat flow 24, 296
heavy metals, sea floor deposits 289
heavy minerals 80
-provinces 81
placer deposits 287
types 260
formulae 318
HEBBLE experiment 123
Helicopontosphaera (coccolith) 192
Helminthopsis (burrow) 178
hematite, definition 319
hemipelagic sediments 48,81,89,215
Hercynian Mountains (Paleozoic fold belts) 38
Heterostegina (foram), carbonate production
168
hiatuses 12, 94, 124
and regression 147
and CCD fluctuations 270
high energy environments 82
hinge line 4
Hjulstrom diagram 99
Holocene, duration
holothurians 332
deposit feeders 174
tracks 174
hornblende-type minerals, definition 318,319
horse latitudes 112
hot spots 22, 29ff, 39
mantle plumes 22, 30ff
Iceland 46
tracks in Indian Ocean 32
hot vent 182, 296
communities IV, 182ff, 296, 304
sulfides 293
Huahine Island (Pacific) 186
Hudson Canyon 61
humid basins 201
hurricane activity 56
and global warming 230
hydrocarbons 66, 129,279, 300
see also petroleum
hydrogenous sediments 77, 79, 89ff
hydrothermal circulation 292, 294ff
East Pac. Rise 183
Galapagos spreading center 182
also see hot vent
hypsographic curve 15, 127
ice action, and shelf morphology 199, 201
ice age, conditions, North Atlantic 190
ocean 242, 244
cycles 243
onset 261
ice, drift limits, North Atlantic 72
Tertiary build-up 264
ice build-up on Antarctica 146, 263
ice-cores 212
ice-rafted debris 71, 72, 201, 207,264
icebergs, drift 114
illustration 186
Iceland 20, 22, 46
ichnology 175
igneous rocks 320
illite 82, 222, 224
formula 319
ilmenite placers 287