Tarim basin 641
Xigaze forearc basin 597
chlorozoan association 136
clay dunes 60-61
clay minerals 416, 9.1 c
derived from parent rocks 421
in marine sediments 423-424
in suspended river loads 420
indicators of climate,
provenance 423
lateral fractionation 156, 3.22
neo-minerals 416
types 422
clay pellets (also s. aggregation)
60-61, 190
climate, early Earth 286
climbing ripples
eolian 55, 2.21a, 2.22b
glacifluvial 23, 2.3, 2.4c
coal cycles s. coal deposits,
cyclothems
coal evolution, composition 723724,14.4
coal macerals, ranks 724
coalification 724, 14.4
coal deposits in various depositional
environments 339-344, 724
cyclothems with coa1342, 7.28
in delta sediments 163-165,
3.35b,3.36
in fluvial environm. 49,2.19c
lagoonal sediments 123, 3.18
peat growth controlled by base
level 723
coastal dunes 57, 2.23
coastal processes 94-97,3.1-3.3
coastal sabkhas 265-267, 6.8
coastal upwelling (also s. upwelling
or oceans) 195
coastline evolution 96, 3.2ab
collapse breccias (s. also megabreccias) 274, 6.11e
collision-related basins 7-8,
622-629, 1.3
Colombian basin, caribbean 172
Colorado Plateau, uplift and
cooling 699, 13.29c
compaction 653
differential compaction, compaction ratio 653,657,
13.6-13.8
compaction flow 657, 13.9, 13.10
relation to sedimentation rate
662, 13.1 Oa-c
concretions (s. also diagenesis)
carbonate 297,685
siderite 84, 685
silica, chert 198,588,5.6
condensed sections, hardgrounds
207,210,321,5.10,7.17
conductive heat flow 697, 13.29
consolidation of sediments 648-650
continental borderland 208
continental escape, extrusion
624-626, 12.40
continental margin, subsidence
Atlantic, North America,
407-409,8.15,8.16
southem Australia 409, 8.17 c
continental margin basins and
sediments
Atlantic-type margins 563,
12.11
breakup unconformity 561
coastal basins 566
conjugate margins 565, 12.9cd
salt structures 563
shelfmorphology 561
syn- and post-rift stage 12.11
types, structural 561, 12.10
volcanic passive margins 561,
12. JOb
sediment-starved 567, 12.13,
12.14
young and mature margins 563,
567
continental rise, slope 12-13, 1.8
sediments 232
continental shelves (s. also sequence stratigraphy 125-133
facies models 3.20,3.21
large-scal sand bodies 131,
3.22
sediment-starved 131
continental slopes, sediments 569,
12.17c
carbonate slopes s. slope deposits,
sequence stratigrphy
mass wasting 569, 12.15
out- and upbuilding 570, 12.14c
shelf edge deltas 570
slope anticline 570
contour currents (also s. ocean)
187-188
contourites 235-238, 5.23
convective fluid flow s. subsurface
flow regimes
Coorong model, Australia (primary
dolomite) 152,3.30d
Corioli's forces 99-100, 3.4a
Cretaceous
chalk 192
oceans 246
sea level 7.48
cross-bedding, longitudinal,
trans verse 114
crustal extension (s. also
extension, rift basins)
pure, simple shear 544-545,
12.1ab
crustal rebound s. isostatic r.
cyclic and rhythrnic bedding (s. also
cyclic sequences) 361, 7.38
limestone-marl altemations
361-362
redox (black shale) rhythms
363-364
cycle correlation (carbonates),
platform-basin 368-372,
7.42-7.44
cycle hierarchy s. sequence strat.
cyclic sequences (s. also sequence
stratigraphy)
allogenetic, autogenetic cycles
294-295, 348-350
783
coal cycles, cyclothems 338-342,
344, 7.28b-d
continental flooding cycles (megacycles) 365, 7.35, 7.36
cycle symmetry 320,396, 7,lj,
7.15d
general characteristics 292-297,
7.1,7.2
in alluvial fans 27,2.12
in delta sediments 3. 36ce
in fluvial sed. 348-352, 7.32, 7.33
in lake sed. 84,87,90-91,
345-348, 7.30, 7.31
in siliceous sed. 298, 364, 5.5, 5.6
Loferites 365-366, 7.40
orders, periodicities 294,359-361,
7.2, 7.37
peritidal, lagoonal, subtidal
carbonate cycles 365-366, 7.40,
7.41
scales of cycles 294
cyclostratigraphy 359-368
cyclothems 294, 339-342
Danube delta 155
Dead Sea 88-89, 346, 630, 632,
11.18
debris flows s. gravity mass flows
decompaction s. subsidence history
deep-sea charmeis 233
deep-sea erosion 235-238
deep-sea fans 225-234, 5.18-5.22
channel deposits 227, 5.18
charme1-levee complexes 229,
5.18,5.21
overbank deposits 229, 5.18
paleo-current directions 229
proximal-distal trends 227-229,
5.18
response to sea level changes
231,5.20-5.22
switching of fan lobes 225, 5.18
types of 225-227, 5.17
vertical sequences 231, 5.20
deep-sea sediments (also s.
carbonates,
deep sea, upwelling sediments)
biogenic 190
classification 189
contourites 235-236
deep plateaus and seamounts 207,
5.10
manganese nodules 194
overview 188-192,5.23
phosphorites (also s. phosphorites)
201-205, 5.7,5.8
red deep-sea clay 194, 5.4de
sediment drifts 235-236, 5.23
sediment sources 188-190
siliceous (also s. siliceous sed.)
Xigaze forearc basin 597
chlorozoan association 136
clay dunes 60-61
clay minerals 416, 9.1 c
derived from parent rocks 421
in marine sediments 423-424
in suspended river loads 420
indicators of climate,
provenance 423
lateral fractionation 156, 3.22
neo-minerals 416
types 422
clay pellets (also s. aggregation)
60-61, 190
climate, early Earth 286
climbing ripples
eolian 55, 2.21a, 2.22b
glacifluvial 23, 2.3, 2.4c
coal cycles s. coal deposits,
cyclothems
coal evolution, composition 723724,14.4
coal macerals, ranks 724
coalification 724, 14.4
coal deposits in various depositional
environments 339-344, 724
cyclothems with coa1342, 7.28
in delta sediments 163-165,
3.35b,3.36
in fluvial environm. 49,2.19c
lagoonal sediments 123, 3.18
peat growth controlled by base
level 723
coastal dunes 57, 2.23
coastal processes 94-97,3.1-3.3
coastal sabkhas 265-267, 6.8
coastal upwelling (also s. upwelling
or oceans) 195
coastline evolution 96, 3.2ab
collapse breccias (s. also megabreccias) 274, 6.11e
collision-related basins 7-8,
622-629, 1.3
Colombian basin, caribbean 172
Colorado Plateau, uplift and
cooling 699, 13.29c
compaction 653
differential compaction, compaction ratio 653,657,
13.6-13.8
compaction flow 657, 13.9, 13.10
relation to sedimentation rate
662, 13.1 Oa-c
concretions (s. also diagenesis)
carbonate 297,685
siderite 84, 685
silica, chert 198,588,5.6
condensed sections, hardgrounds
207,210,321,5.10,7.17
conductive heat flow 697, 13.29
consolidation of sediments 648-650
continental borderland 208
continental escape, extrusion
624-626, 12.40
continental margin, subsidence
Atlantic, North America,
407-409,8.15,8.16
southem Australia 409, 8.17 c
continental margin basins and
sediments
Atlantic-type margins 563,
12.11
breakup unconformity 561
coastal basins 566
conjugate margins 565, 12.9cd
salt structures 563
shelfmorphology 561
syn- and post-rift stage 12.11
types, structural 561, 12.10
volcanic passive margins 561,
12. JOb
sediment-starved 567, 12.13,
12.14
young and mature margins 563,
567
continental rise, slope 12-13, 1.8
sediments 232
continental shelves (s. also sequence stratigraphy 125-133
facies models 3.20,3.21
large-scal sand bodies 131,
3.22
sediment-starved 131
continental slopes, sediments 569,
12.17c
carbonate slopes s. slope deposits,
sequence stratigrphy
mass wasting 569, 12.15
out- and upbuilding 570, 12.14c
shelf edge deltas 570
slope anticline 570
contour currents (also s. ocean)
187-188
contourites 235-238, 5.23
convective fluid flow s. subsurface
flow regimes
Coorong model, Australia (primary
dolomite) 152,3.30d
Corioli's forces 99-100, 3.4a
Cretaceous
chalk 192
oceans 246
sea level 7.48
cross-bedding, longitudinal,
trans verse 114
crustal extension (s. also
extension, rift basins)
pure, simple shear 544-545,
12.1ab
crustal rebound s. isostatic r.
cyclic and rhythrnic bedding (s. also
cyclic sequences) 361, 7.38
limestone-marl altemations
361-362
redox (black shale) rhythms
363-364
cycle correlation (carbonates),
platform-basin 368-372,
7.42-7.44
cycle hierarchy s. sequence strat.
cyclic sequences (s. also sequence
stratigraphy)
allogenetic, autogenetic cycles
294-295, 348-350
783
coal cycles, cyclothems 338-342,
344, 7.28b-d
continental flooding cycles (megacycles) 365, 7.35, 7.36
cycle symmetry 320,396, 7,lj,
7.15d
general characteristics 292-297,
7.1,7.2
in alluvial fans 27,2.12
in delta sediments 3. 36ce
in fluvial sed. 348-352, 7.32, 7.33
in lake sed. 84,87,90-91,
345-348, 7.30, 7.31
in siliceous sed. 298, 364, 5.5, 5.6
Loferites 365-366, 7.40
orders, periodicities 294,359-361,
7.2, 7.37
peritidal, lagoonal, subtidal
carbonate cycles 365-366, 7.40,
7.41
scales of cycles 294
cyclostratigraphy 359-368
cyclothems 294, 339-342
Danube delta 155
Dead Sea 88-89, 346, 630, 632,
11.18
debris flows s. gravity mass flows
decompaction s. subsidence history
deep-sea charmeis 233
deep-sea erosion 235-238
deep-sea fans 225-234, 5.18-5.22
channel deposits 227, 5.18
charme1-levee complexes 229,
5.18,5.21
overbank deposits 229, 5.18
paleo-current directions 229
proximal-distal trends 227-229,
5.18
response to sea level changes
231,5.20-5.22
switching of fan lobes 225, 5.18
types of 225-227, 5.17
vertical sequences 231, 5.20
deep-sea sediments (also s.
carbonates,
deep sea, upwelling sediments)
biogenic 190
classification 189
contourites 235-236
deep plateaus and seamounts 207,
5.10
manganese nodules 194
overview 188-192,5.23
phosphorites (also s. phosphorites)
201-205, 5.7,5.8
red deep-sea clay 194, 5.4de
sediment drifts 235-236, 5.23
sediment sources 188-190
siliceous (also s. siliceous sed.)