formula 319
impact scenario, K-T bdry 265
impedance, definition 234
impoverished fauna 162
Indian Ocean statistics 42
hot spot tracks 32
Indonesian Seaway 264
infauna 166, 168 ff, 181, 187
instantaneous transgressions and regressions
150
interglacials 242, 243
intermediate water 124
internal waves 103
interstitial water 75, 76
intertidal 44, 132
oil pollution 300
intertropical convergence zone 261
IRD see ice-rafted debris
iridium, K-T boundary 265, 305
iron, abundance 322
minerals 90
sulfide 76, 90
oolites 92
deposits, Red Sea 297
island arc, geologic profile 52
island chains, as hot spot traces 29, 32
isostasy (= pertaining to crust "floating" on
mantle: thicker and lighter crust floats up
higher)
isostatic block model 41
and sea level 56;
isostatic, equilibrium 41, 51, 129
uplift 129
isotopes 192, 193
equilibrium 193
Pleistocene cycles (oxygen) 145
Isotope Stage Five 251
corals 165
Tertiary record (oxygen) 257
isotopic provinces, ocean crust 305
Japan Trench 25
JOIDES Resolution 4, 12,241
Juan de Fuca Ridge 34
Jurassic, duration
K-T boundary
see Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
kaolinite 82, 199, 222, 224
formula 318
Kerguelen hot spot 32
Kermadec Trench 25
knot (ca 0.5 m1s) 111
Kurioshio (current) 111
and heat budget 261
La Jolla Canyon 61, 108
beach 78, 106
land bridges 144
Subject Index
347
LAD (last-appearance datums) 237
lagoon 88, 140 ff
Persian Gulf 88
evaporitic 89 ff
Baja California 134
East Coast 161
Gulf of Mexico 140
Venice 152 ff
laminated layers
see varves land and ocean areas 44
land bridges 144
last glacial maximum (LGM) 143, 245
see glacial conditions, ice age laterite 199
Lau basin, hot vents 296
lead-lead method 324
lebensspuren 17 6 ff
length, unit conversions 315
lepidocrocite, formula 319
levees (delta) 139
on deep sea fans 65
light, limiting 186
limiting nutrients 161, 186
limonite, definition 319
listric faults 46
lithogenous sediments 78 ff
lithosphere 19, 27, 28, 51
cooling 24
Lithotlwmnium (calcareous alga) 329, 330
little ice age 209, 212
littoral, definition I, 43, 44
Littorina (snail) 172, 173
load casts 63
loess 71, 201
record in China 250
Loihi seamount 296
London Dumping Convention 300
longshore transport 97, 107, 108, 138
offshore bars 103
Lophelia (deep-water coral) 196, 331
Los Angeles (shore) 108
low energy environment (= quiet env., where
fine materials accumulate) 82
lysocline (boundary between well- and poorly
preserved calcareous plankton) 227,
Macoma (bivalves) 173
magma chambers 22, 294, 305
magnesium in calcareous shells 83
enrichment in brines 88
impact scenario, K-T bdry 265
impedance, definition 234
impoverished fauna 162
Indian Ocean statistics 42
hot spot tracks 32
Indonesian Seaway 264
infauna 166, 168 ff, 181, 187
instantaneous transgressions and regressions
150
interglacials 242, 243
intermediate water 124
internal waves 103
interstitial water 75, 76
intertidal 44, 132
oil pollution 300
intertropical convergence zone 261
IRD see ice-rafted debris
iridium, K-T boundary 265, 305
iron, abundance 322
minerals 90
sulfide 76, 90
oolites 92
deposits, Red Sea 297
island arc, geologic profile 52
island chains, as hot spot traces 29, 32
isostasy (= pertaining to crust "floating" on
mantle: thicker and lighter crust floats up
higher)
isostatic block model 41
and sea level 56;
isostatic, equilibrium 41, 51, 129
uplift 129
isotopes 192, 193
equilibrium 193
Pleistocene cycles (oxygen) 145
Isotope Stage Five 251
corals 165
Tertiary record (oxygen) 257
isotopic provinces, ocean crust 305
Japan Trench 25
JOIDES Resolution 4, 12,241
Juan de Fuca Ridge 34
Jurassic, duration
K-T boundary
see Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary
kaolinite 82, 199, 222, 224
formula 318
Kerguelen hot spot 32
Kermadec Trench 25
knot (ca 0.5 m1s) 111
Kurioshio (current) 111
and heat budget 261
La Jolla Canyon 61, 108
beach 78, 106
land bridges 144
Subject Index
347
LAD (last-appearance datums) 237
lagoon 88, 140 ff
Persian Gulf 88
evaporitic 89 ff
Baja California 134
East Coast 161
Gulf of Mexico 140
Venice 152 ff
laminated layers
see varves land and ocean areas 44
land bridges 144
last glacial maximum (LGM) 143, 245
see glacial conditions, ice age laterite 199
Lau basin, hot vents 296
lead-lead method 324
lebensspuren 17 6 ff
length, unit conversions 315
lepidocrocite, formula 319
levees (delta) 139
on deep sea fans 65
light, limiting 186
limiting nutrients 161, 186
limonite, definition 319
listric faults 46
lithogenous sediments 78 ff
lithosphere 19, 27, 28, 51
cooling 24
Lithotlwmnium (calcareous alga) 329, 330
little ice age 209, 212
littoral, definition I, 43, 44
Littorina (snail) 172, 173
load casts 63
loess 71, 201
record in China 250
Loihi seamount 296
London Dumping Convention 300
longshore transport 97, 107, 108, 138
offshore bars 103
Lophelia (deep-water coral) 196, 331
Los Angeles (shore) 108
low energy environment (= quiet env., where
fine materials accumulate) 82
lysocline (boundary between well- and poorly
preserved calcareous plankton) 227,
Macoma (bivalves) 173
magma chambers 22, 294, 305
magnesium in calcareous shells 83
enrichment in brines 88