Index Page numbers in italic, e.g. 208, refer to figures. Page numbers in bold, e.g. 171, signify entries in tables. Ab-e Shah Unit 171 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles Ab-i Lashkar 208 465, 468, 469 Abnama Fault 160 contouring data 468 Abu Dhabi 306, 3 72 depth habitat and ambient temperatures 483-484, Aden, Gulf of 8, 88 484, 485 Ahmedabad 312 depth habitat and hydrography 477-479, 478, 479, Ajmer 312 480, 481, 482 A1 Ain 306 depth habitat and oxygen balance 479-483 A1 Ghabbi 311 fauna composition and species distribution A1 Mintrib 3 I I 472-476, 473, 474, 475, 476, 494-495, A1 Wasil 311 496-497 A1 Wusayl 3 72 hydrographic conditions 472 A1 Wusayl Member 374, 375, 379 living and dead specimens 469-470 Angohran Unit 166, 167, 169, 171, 172 productive zone (PZ) 470-472, 471 Arabia 9 1-92 sample collection 464-465, 466-467, 470 Arabia, Southern 30 1 -302 sample preparation 465 Arabian Desert 302, 3 13-3 14 stable isotope analysis 465 aeolian sequences 308-3 10, 311 standing stock 484-485, 486, 490 ages 305 gravity chart 8 fluvial sequences 302-308 marine data coverage 72, 74 OSL sand dates 304 orogeny and climate change I SW Monsoon winds 303, 308 oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) breakdown study 407, Arabian Gulf 41, 371-373, 372, 383-384 409,413-416,416 age of Pleistocene deposits 379-380, 380 alkenone-derived sea surface temperatures 41 1, correlation with other deposits 380 412 deposition of Pleistocene sediments glacial ice volume effect 41 1-412 correlation between onshore and offshore sedi- sea surface temperature and salinity effects ments 378-379 412-413 Fuwayrit Formation 375-378, 375, 377 sediments and age model 409-41 1,410,411 Ghayathi Formation 374-375, 3 74, 3 76 oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) evolution study Holocene highstand 381-382, 381 433-434, 434,439 palaeowinds and palaeoclimates 382-383, 383 comparison of proxies 437-439 Pleistocene deposits 373, 3 73 Early and mid-Holocene evolution 439-441, 439, Aradah Formation 373-374, 3 73 440 Fuwayrit Formation 373, 374 inorganic geochemical indicators of water Ghayathi Formation 373, 373 column ventilation 434-437 offshore 374 lamination preservation as indicator of water Pleistocene sea levels 380-38 1 column ventilation 437, 438 Arabian Plate 26, 40 methods 434,435 Arabian Sea and Basin 72, 3 17-320 principle component analysis 435-437, 436, 437 bathymetry 318 palaeogeography 54 climate and hydrography 407-408 Paleogene magnetic isochrons and palaeo-propagators coastal neotectonics 87-88, 88, 92-93 71-72, 82-83 Arabia 9 1-92 ages of magnetic Chrons 73 India 92 analytical signal 73-76 Makran 88-9 1 data 72-73 dinoflagellate abundance 3 19 identification of magnetic anomalies 73 distribution of foraminifera 463-464, 464, 485- 490 magnetic anomaly profiles 75, 78, 79 calcification temperature 490 magnetic lineation pattern 78-80 calculation results 488-489 method of analysis 73-77 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3866200/9781862394438_backmatter.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021 518 INDEX propagating ridge segments 80, 81 Band-e Zeyarat Complex 152, 153, 156, 157 spreading and propagation rates 80-82, 81, 82, 82, Bangalore 88 83 Bard-e Marz Limestone 188, 188 validation of interpreted isochrons 76-77 Bashakerd Fault 197 Paleogene plate tectonic evolution 7, 18-21 Bazman 197, I99 Chron 27 (61Ma) 11-12, 12 Bhuj 88 Chrons 26 (58Ma) and 25 (56Ma) 12-13, 12 Bidak Unit 152, 187-188 Chron 24 (52Ma) to 22 (49Ma) 13- 18, 14, 15, 16, Birjand 149 17 Birk Fault 162 Chron 2 1 (46Ma) 15, 17, 18 Birk Unit 153, 161-163, 162 plate reconstructions, problems and method 10- 11 Bombay 88 review of previous models 7-9 Burma Basin 252 revised tectonic chart for Paleogene time 9, 10 rotation parameters 11 Calcigonellum infula 340 particle flux and productivity of foraminifera taxonomy 336 499-501,500,501,513-514 Calciodinellum operosum 320, 321, 337 coarse fraction and analysis 502 abundances 338-339 conductivity-temperature-depth profiles and distribution 323, 323 sediment traps 501 -502 ecology 33 1-332 conductivity-temperature-depth profiles for taxonomy 336 winter 502-503, 503, 504 Calciperidinium asymmetricum 340 flux and relative abundance of species 506-509, taxonomy 336 507, 508 Cambay, Gulf of 312 increased winter productivity 5 10-5 1 1, 51 1 Carlsberg Ridge 8, 72, I97 index of non-upwelling conditions 5 1 1 Caspian Sea 149 origin of flux and sediment resuspension 509-5 10 Central Indian Ridge 72 particle flux of EPT-2 504-506, 505 Chagos-Laccadive Ridge 54, 72, 88 sediment record 51 1-513, 512, 513 Chah Bahar 89 regional stratigraphy and tectonic evolution 3 1, 32 Chah Mirak 152 Cretaceous time 3 1-33 Chah Mirak Unit 152, 153, 159 Late Miocene to Recent time 33-34 Chahbahar 150 Late Oligocene to Miocene time 33 Chain Fracture Zone 8, 10 Paleocene to Early Oligocene time 33 Chain Ridge 8, 10 salinity and temperature variations 328 Chaman Fault 88, 238 seismic stratigraphy and major unconformities Chambal River 312 25-27,26,27,28, 34-35 Chandragup 38 methods, data acquisition and interpretation 27 Chang-La 98 pre-drift sequence P 30-3 1, 31 Chilling YN, 99, 100, 110 sequence M1 29-30, 30, 31 Chogdo Formation 100, 102, 105- 106 sequence M2 28-29, 30, 31 palaeo-currents 106 sequence M3 and M-unconformity 27-28 Choksti YY Aradah Formation 373-374, 373 climate-tectonic models, testing 2-3 Aravalli Range 3 12 Cochin 88 40 ~r/~~Ar geochronology 109- 1 1 1 Coloured Melange Complex 152, 153- 156, 153, 154, Az Zahir 3 11 155. 166 Badamu-Siahan Unit 162, 180, 183 Dabb'iya Member 374,375, 377, 378, 379 Baft 149 Dalrymple Fault 46 Baghraband syncline 167 Dalrymple Trough 30, 32, 38, I IN, I97 Bahrain 3 72 magnetic anomalies I20 Baiban Shelf 38, 55-56 seismic stratigraphy 63-64 Bajgan 149, 152 Dar Anar Complex 153, 156- 158 Bajgan Complex 15 1- 153 Dar Anar Fault 152, 160 Bakhtiari Fold Zone 206, 210, 21 1, 213 Dar Anar Unit 152 Bam 187 Dar Pahn Unit 166, 171, 177 Bamposht Unit 169, 171 Darban 169 Bandar-e-Abbas 150, 196 Darban Unit 169, 171 Band-e Chaker Unit 171, 175- 176, 175 Darkhunish shale Unit 171, 175 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3866200/9781862394438_backmatter.pdf by guest on 23 September 2021 INDEX Darkhunish Unit 166 Eurasian Plate 40. 41 Dasht, River 138 Dastgerd Fault 152 Fannuj 150, 160 Deccan Trap 72 Farah Block 149 Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) 7 Fars Fold Zone 206,2 10-2 11,211,213 deformation velocity 2 15 Faryab 196 Dehak Fault 162 Firuzabad Fault 167, 169 Dehirdan Unit 166, 171 foraminifera Delhi 312 particle flux and productivity in NW Arabian Sea Deyader Complex 153, 161 499-501,500,501,513-514 Dezful Embayment 206 coarse fraction and analysis 502 Dibba Fault 40, 46, 55 conductivity-temperaturedepth profiles and sedi- dinoflagellate study 3 17, 325-326, 332-333 ment traps 501-502 calcite preservation 327 conductivity-temperature-depth profiles for win- climatic and oceanographic setting 3 17-320, 318 ter 502-503,503, 504 abundances in Arabian Sea 319 flux and relative abundance of species 506-509, ecology 327-332 507,508 material and methods 320 increased winter productivity 5 10-5 1 1, 511 results 320-321 index of non-upwelling conditions 5 11 cyst accumulation rate (AR) 323-324, 325, 329 origin of flux and sediment resuspension 509-510 cyst provinces 324-325 particle flux of EPT-2 504-506, 505 transport and dilution 326-327 sediment record 51 1-513, 512, 513 Doha 372 seasonal and vertical distribution in NW Arabian Sea Dras Arc 98 463-464,464,485-490 Dubai 372 calcification temperature 490 Dur Kan 149 calculation results 488-489 Dur Kan Complex 152, 153, 153 conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles 465,468, 469 East China Sea 252 contouring data 468 Eastern Somali Basin 72 depth habitat and ambient temperatures 483-484, gravity chart 8 484,485 marine data coverage 72, 74 depth habitat and hydrography 477-479, 478, 479, Paleogene magnetic isochrons and palaeo-propagators 480,481, 482 71 -72, 82-83 depth habitat and oxygen balance 479-483 ages of magnetic Chrons 73 fauna composition and species distribution 472- analytical signal 73-76 476,473, 474, 475,476, 494-495, 496-497 data 72-73 hydrographic conditions 472 identification of magnetic anomalies 73 living and dead specimens 469-470 magnetic anomaly profiles 75, 78, 79 productive zone (PZ) 470-472, 471 magnetic lineation pattern 78-80 sample collection 464-465, 466-467, 470 method of analysis 73-77 sample preparation 465 propagating ridge segments 80, 81 stable isotope analysis 465 spreading and propagation rates 80-82, 81, 82, 82, standing stock 484-485, 486, 490 83 Somalian monsoon study methods 342-344 validation of interpreted isochrons 76-77 proxies 344-345, 345, 346 Paleogene plate tectonic evolution 7, 18-21 Somalian monsoon study results 343-344 Chron 27 (61Ma) 11-12, I2 atmospheric variations and foraminiferal produc- Chrons 26 (58Ma) and 25 (56Ma) 12-13,12 tivity 350-35 1 Chron 24 (52Ma) to 22 (49Ma) 13- 18, 14, 15, 16, long-term foraminiferal productivity variations 17 347-349,349 Chron 2 1 (46Ma) 15,17, 18 short-term foraminiferal productivity history 349- plate reconstructions, problems and method 10- 1 1 350 propagating ridges 21 Futaisi Member 374, 375, 377, 378, 379 review of previous models 7-9 Fuwayrit 3 72 revised tectonic chart for Paleogene time 9, 10 Fuwayrit Formation 373, 374, 375-378, 375, 377, 379 rotation parameters 11 spreading 19 Ganges River 312 Eurasia-India collision see India-Eurasia collision Ganj Complex 152, 153, 158,158 Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/chapter-pdf/3866200/9781862394438_backmatter.pdf