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Geographic/Site Index OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM CUMULATIVE INDEX GEOGRAPHIC AND SITE INDEX AABW • Africa SW 1 A Aeolian Islands morphology, 107A2:9 AABW. See Antarctic Bottom Water obsidian, 152B7:85–91 AAIW. See Antarctic Intermediate Water Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamount (Indian Ocean equatorial) Abaco event, geology, 101B27:428–430; 29:467 comparison to Ninetyeast and Chagos-Laccadive Abakaliki uplift ridges, 116B23:28 sedimentary instability, 159B10:95 deformation effects, 116B22:272 thermal history, 159B10:97–99 emplacement, 116B23:281, 283 ABC system. See Angola-Benguela Current system gravity anomalies, 116B23:281–283, 286–288 Abrakurrie limestone (Great Australian Bight) load models, 116B23:283–289 biostratigraphy, 182B3:17 location, 116A7:197–198 equivalents, 182A2:8; 182B1:6; 4:11 sediment source, 116B17:208 Absecon Inlet Formation (New Jersey coastal plain) seismic reflection profiling, 116B23:282–283 biostratigraphy, 150X_B10:118–120, 122; Afar hotspot, Red Sea, 123B42:797 174AX_A1:38; 174AXS_A2:38, 40 Afar Triangle-Bay of Aden rift system, volcanism, clay mineralogy, 150X_B5:60–63 123B10:210 lithostratigraphy, 150X_B2:19–20; 174AX_A1:22, 24; Afghanistan. See Zhob Valley 174AXS_A2:29–31, 53 Africa stratigraphy, 150X_B1:8–10; 18:243–266; aridification, 108B1:3 174AXS_A2:3 biostratigraphy, 120B(2)62:1083 Abu Madi sands (Egypt), sediments, 160B38:496 clast lithology, 160B45:585–586 Acadian orogeny climate cycles, 108B14:221 muscovite, 210B4:4 geodynamics, 159B5:46–47 tectonics, 103B1:10 glacial boundary changes, 108B14:222; 117B19:339 ACC. See Antarctic Circumpolar Current mass accumulation rates, 159B43:600 ACGS unit (New Jersey coastal plain), lithology, paleoclimatology, 160B19:327–328 150X_A1:23–24 paleopoles, 159B20:203 ACGS#4 borehole sandstone, 160B45:584 biofacies, 150X_B16:207–228 seafloor spreading, 120B(2)50:920 Oligocene, 150X_B8:81–86 See also Kalahari region (Africa); North Africa paleoenvironment, 150X_B17:239 Africa E, active rifting, 121A1:8 ACZ. See Antarctic Convergence Zone Africa N Adana Basin (Turkey SE) aridification factors, 108B29:471–473, 477 tectonics, 160A1:6; 160B54:750–759, 773–775 climatic evolution, 108B21:376–377 See also Cilicia-Adana Basin Miocene–Pleistocene interval, 108B29:476–481 Adélie coast (Antarctica E), Antarctic Bottom Water, North Atlantic sea-surface temperature, 108B29:465– 119B12:232 466 Adriatic Sea. See Dinarides Inner Pliocene, 108B9:147 Adventure Bank (Mediterranean Sea), tectonics, seasonal insolation heating, 108B29:464, 466 160A1:16; 4:73, 78 Africa NE Adzhidere (Turkmenistan), virtual geomagnetic pole, lacustrine and deltaic sediments and hominid fossils, 121B43:385, 387 117B22:397–398 Aegean backarc basin system, tectonics, 160A1:5–6 monsoonal effects, 117A1:5 Aegean Sea Quaternary paleoclimatology shift from palynology paleogeography, 160B50:672 data, 117B22:397–398 sandstone, 160B45:584 Africa NW See also Aegean backarc basin system; Evvia; South Ae- climatic zones, 108A2:34 gean volcanic arc depositional environment and glacial–interglacial cy- Ægir Ridge (Norwegian Basin) cles, 108B21:384 physiography, 152A1:6–7 upwelling cell, 114B36:673 seafloor spreading, 151B17:310 See also Cap Blanc Aeolian arc (Tyrrhenian Sea) Africa S, Oligocene aridity and dust flux, 121B8:220 age, 107B1:26 Africa-South America spreading center, plate tectonics, erosion history, 107B18:304 114B2:36 oceanic crust, 107B38:640 Africa SW pyroclastics, 161B12:150, 152 biostratigraphy, 175A19:543–546 rare earths, 161B27:367–368 color reflectance, 175A23:569–577 seismic stratigraphy, 107A2:21 microbial gases, 175A21:555–560 subduction, 107B38:640 Miocene–Pleistocene sedimentary record, 175B6:1–19 volcanic province geographical setting, 107B18:292 organogenic dolomites, 175B15:1–17 See also Salina Island pore water, 175A20:547–553 OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM CUMULATIVE INDEX GEOGRAPHIC AND SITE INDEX Africa SW (continued) • Alboran Basin 2 sedimentation rates, 175B9:1–23 Agulhas Fracture Zone Ridge, spreading centers, sediments, 175B17:1–12 114A2:23; 3:27–31; 12:801 upwelling, 175A16:487–504 Agulhas magnetic bight, tectonics, 114B2:36–37 See also Kunene River Agulhas Plateau, 114A6:152; 8:365; 114B2:36–37; 21:367 Africa W hotspot activity, 115B1:7 continental margin, 108A5:331; 159A1:5–16 Maastrichtian water temperatures, 113B46:821 lithogenic sediment sources, 108B15:241 tectonics, 177A1:5–6 monsoons, 159B40:554 Agulhas Ridge paleoclimatology, 175B23:1–46 paleoclimatology, 177B(synthesis):7 African easterly jet tectonics, 177A1:5–6, 20 dust transport, 108B15:241, 244 Ahu Ahu rhyolite (New Zealand), volcanism, 181B1:24 glacial–interglacial cycles, 108B6:93 Aikawa section (Japan Sea), diatom abundance, 127/ pollen transport, 108B6:96 128B(1)17:316 Sahel/Sahara boundary, 108B6:94 Aira-Tn (Japan Sea), tephra marker, 127/128B(2)48:796 wind variations, 108B15:255 Aiya Varvara metamorphics (Mediterranean Sea), tecton- African-Eurasian convergence, Mediterranean Sea W, ics, 160B54:769 107B38:660–661 Akamas Peninsula (Mediterranean Sea), lithofacies, African/Eurasian plate boundary, tectonics, 160B41:527– 160B54:774 534; 51:688; 53:713; 54:730–731, 759 Akita Basin (Japan) African-Iberian plate, rift timing, 103A9:281 lithostratigraphy, 128A1:17 African margin N, geology, 103B1:10–11 Pliocene stratigraphy, 151B3:54 African margin SW. See Cape transect Akita oil field, benthic foraminifers, 127/128B(1)22:381 African plate, 121B38:772 Akita-Yamagata oil field basalt (Japan), basalt compari- convergence, 161B44:557 sons, 127/128B(2)58:918, 921; 83:1339 crust, 160B54:727 Akrotiri Peninsula (Mediterranean Sea) Eocene–Miocene succession, 160B38:496, 498–499 fanglomerate, 160B43:556–560 extensional basins, 161A1:5–11 geology, 160A9:290; 160B54:741, 743, 751 movement over South Atlantic hotspots, 115B1:5 Akseki carbonate platform (Turkey SW), tectonics, plate tectonics, 114A3:29–30; 149B1:3–4 160B54:750 separation from Indian plate, 115B4:43 Aksu Basin (Turkey SW) subduction, 160A1:5–6; 17:517; 160B51:688 offshore geology, 160B54:737–738 See also Iberia/Africa plate boundary tectonics, 160B54:749–750, 774 Agost (Spain SE), carbon isotopes vs. depth, 183B4:39 Al-Mansour Seamount (Alboran Sea E) Agrigan Island (Guam), large ion lithophile (LIL) ele- postrift sediments, 161A1:15; 7:309 ments, 125B16:303 sediment sources, 161A8:362 Aguacate Formation (Costa Rica), volcanic provenance, sediments, 161B6:80 165A4:184 tectonics, 161A7:318; 161B7:95; 26:347–348, 352; Aguimes Formation (Canary Islands), placers, 44:568–569 157B12:169 volcanic rocks, 161B44:574 Agulhas Basin, 114A3:27; 11:622 Alanya Massif (Turkey S), tectonics, 160B54:749–750, “pinching,” 114A2:25 766 spreading centers, 114A10:550, 580; 114B1:5 Alaska tectonic maps, 177A1:40 glacial diamictites, 113B53:953 tectonics, 177A1:5–6 glaciation, 145B21:323 Agulhas Current oceanography, 167B32:341, 370 circulation, 177B(synthesis):16 Quaternary ice-free environment, 104B9:268 eddy effect, 175B(synthesis):40–41 See also Bigbendian transgression; Covillian transgres- ocean circulation, 175A(introduction):10; 17:528, sion (Alaska); Koryak Range 531; 175B7:8 Alaska Gyre productivity, 175B18:3–4 Neogene, 145B16:254–255 See also proto-Agulhas Current shifts, 145B21:322 Agulhas Current retroflection Alaska North Slope, gas hydrates, 164B19:180 currents, 175A17:528, 531 Alaska S. See Chugach Mountains; Gravina belt; ocean circulation, 175A(introduction):10, 19 Wrangellia Terrane paleoceanography, 189A1:13 Alaska SE. See Malaspina Glacier; Seymour Canal Forma- Agulhas Fracture Zone, 114A10:580; 11:622; 12:801 tion Antarctic Bottom Water, 114A8:365 Alaskan Stream, subpolar gyre, 145B21:323 interbasin circulation, 114B1:21 Alboran Basin Meteor Rise intersection, 114B1:5 biostratigraphy, 161B13:164–169; 14:185–195; tectonics, 177A1:5–6 16:223–237 triple junctions, 114B2:37 brittle deformation, 161B25:331–344 OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM CUMULATIVE INDEX GEOGRAPHIC AND SITE INDEX Alboran Basin (continued) • Amazon/aqua/purple/blue channel-levee system 3 extensional basins, 161A1:8–9; 161B24:319–329 Algerian margin, brines, 161A9:405 geochronology, 161B21:295–305 Alicante (Spain), wavy-laminated gypsum ponds, lithofacies, 161B2:21–36 107B13:189 Messinian basins, 161B43:543–551 Alice shoal (San Andres archipelago), seismic units, metamorphic rock correlation, 161B23:307–317 165B12:209 metamorphism, 161B18:251–261; 19:263–279; Alika slide (Hawaii), glasses, 136B4:61 20:281–294 Allaire borehole (New Jersey coastal plain), comparison organic matter, 161B29:385; 30:391–400 to Island Beach borehole, 150X_B16:224 origin and tectonic history, 161B44:555–580 Alleghanian orogeny, muscovite, 210B4:4 sand provenance, 161B3:37–56 Allison Guyot (Pacific Ocean central) sedimentary sequences, 161B5:69–76; 7:83–97 basalt alteration, 144B28:475–481, 484 See also Eastern Alboran Basin; group G2; Habibas Es- carbonate clay mineralogy, 144B26:459–468 carpment; Southern Alboran Basin; Western Al- comparison with NW Pacific guyots, 144B53:945 boran Basin; Yusuf Basin foraminifer ooze, 144B41:684–685 origin and evolution, 144B53:942 Alboran Channel, tectonics, 161B26:352–354 thermal events, 165A4:151 Alboran domain Almería Basin (Spain), Messinian, 161B43:543–551 collisional tectonics, 161B23:310 Almería-Cabo de Gata region, sediments, 161B6:80 orogenic belts, 161A1:7 Almería Channel, sedimentation, 161B3:50 sediments, 161B5:70–71 Almería Platform terrains, 161B44:557–558 sediments, 161B6:80 See also Escalate group; Lújar-Gador group; Southern tectonics, 161B26:347 Alboran Basin; Trans-Alboran shear zones Alpine/Apenninic orogenic
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