Table Of ContentGeology Subject Index 
Volume 24 
Abean Orogeny see Hercynian Orogeny  Morocco, plate tectonics  8: 755-758  Alboran Sea 
absarokite  Nevada, Quaternary  6: 559-562  petrology  5: 447-450 
Yukon Territory, stratigraphy  11: 997-1000  Pacific Ocean, sea-floor spread-  plate tectonics  8: 755-758 
absolute age see also Ar/Ar; C-14; charcoal;  ing  1: 83-86  alcohols see sterols 
K/Ar; Pb/Pb; Rb/Sr; Re/Os; Sm/Nd; Sr/Sr;  Russian Federation, plate tecton-  Aleutian Islands 
U/Pb; uranium disequilibrium  ics  plate tectonics  1: 27-30 
Louisiana, geochemistry  3: 227-230  Vanuatu, plate tectonics  Alexander County Illinois 
Utah, Quaternary  1: 47-51  Washington, Quaternary  12: 1123-1126  sediments  : 171-174 
Wyoming, Quaternary  1: 47-51  active tectonics see neotectonics  algae 
abyssal fans see submarine fans  actual age (absolute age) see absolute age  Halimeda, Spain  1: 35-38 
abyssal plains  adakite  nannofossils 
Atlantic Ocean, ocean floors  : 843-846  Alaska, geochemistry  3: 263-266  Italy  : 743-746 
New Zealand  : 735-738  Adirondack Mountains  Mediterranean Sea  : 239-242 
Abyssinia see Ethiopia  metal ores  4: 382-384; 5: 475-477  Mexico  : 255-258 
Acadian Phase  Aegean Islands  algal flora 
Quebec  : 359-362  plate tectonics  1: 27-30  diatom flora 
Acarinina  aeolianite see eolianite  Antarctic Ocean  3: 223-226 
Paleocene  : 423-426  Afanasy-Nikitin Rise  Antarctica  2: 115-118 
accretionary wedges  geochemistry  7: 615-618  3: 235-238; 8: 727-730 
Atlantic Ocean  Afars and Issas Territory see Djibouti  Atlantic Ocean  6: 507-510 
geochemistry  0: 897-900  nannofossils 
Africa see also Central Africa; East Africa; 
ocean floors  9: 843-846  Italy  : 743-746 
North Africa; Southern Africa 
tectonophysics  = 127-130  Mediterranean Sea  : 239-242 
geochemistry, Barberton green- 
Barbados, plate tectonics  4: 307-310  Mexico  : 255-258 
stone belt  9: 791-794 
California, structural geology  1: 75-78  Northwest Territories, Pro- 
metal ores, Great Dyke  1: 19-22 
Japan, tectonophysics  1:  31-34; 9: 795-798  terozoic  1: 79-82 
plate tectonics, Atlas Mountains  8: 755-758 
Mediterranean Sea, ocean floors  3: 239-242  algal mats 
African Plate 
Pacific Ocean, geochemistry  10: 897-900  France, jurassic  : 787-790 
Algeria, plate tectonics  : 755-758 
plate tectonics  2: 135-138  Iceland, geochemistry  : 323-326 
Morocco, plate tectonics  : 755-758 
Spain, structural geology  1: 67-70  algal mounds 
Agnotozoic see Proterozoic 
acetate  Spain  1: 35-38 
Ain France 
Georgia, geochemistry  10: 925-928  algal structures see algal mats 
Jurassic  : 787-790 
South Carolina, geochemistry  10: 925-928  Algau Alps see Allgau Alps 
Aitkin County Minnesota 
acoustic surveys see acoustical surveys  Algeria see also El Asnam earthquake 1980 
orogeny  : 343-346 
acoustical logging  plate tectonics, Tell  8: 755-758 
structural geology  12: 1103-1106  Akita Japan see Hokuroku Japan  aliphatic hydrocarbons see alkanes 
acoustical surveys  Al-26  alkali basalts 
Canary Islands, Quaternary  3: 231-234  Norway, Quaternary  : 207-210  Victoria Australia, geochemistry  7: 631-634 
Florida, Quaternary  9: 827-830  Utah, Quaternary  1: 47-51  alkali feldspar see orthoclase; sanidine 
Gulf of Mexico, continental  Wyoming, Quaternary  1: 47-51  alkali metals see potassium 
slope  1: 3-6  Alabaminella weddellensis  alkaline  earth metals  see calcium;  magnesium; 
Papua New Guinea, Quaternary  9: 819-822  stratigraphy  : 355-358  strontium 
acritarch flora  Alameda County California  alkanes see ethane; methane; propane 
Saudi Arabia, stratigraphy  1: 55-58  Quaternary  : 331-334  Allgau Alps 
actinides see thorium; uranium  Alaska  Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
action, frost see frost action  geochemistry, Chugach Moun-  aliuvial deposits see alluvium 
active fauits  11: 1025-1028  tains  3: 263-266  alluvial fans 
Alaska, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  plate tectonics, Aleutian Islands  1: 27-30  Nevada, Quaternary  6: 559-562 
Algeria  tectonophysics  11: 968-972  alluvium 
plate tectonics  8: 755-758  Albany County Wyoming  Nevada, Quaternary  6: 559-562 
seismology  11: 989-992  Proterozoic  7: 623-626  New Mexico, Quaternary  1: 87-90 
Argentina, Quaternary  12: 1127-1130  Albatross Cordillera see East Pacific Rise  Almeria Spain 
Armenia, seismology  11: 989-992  albedo  diagenesis  1: 35-38 
California  9: 858-860; 11: 1041-1044  Europe, Quaternary  2: 103-106  Alpha Cordillera 
Cenozoic  9: 783-786  Alberta see also Canadian Cordillera; Exshaw  Quaternary  2: 139-142 
Quaternary  4: 339-342  Formation; Mannville Group  Alpine Fault 
seismology  2: 123-126  stratigraphy, Jasper National  plate tectonics  : 1045-1048 
3: 219-222; 7: 579-582; 11:  Park  2: 187-191  Alpine Orogeny 
989-992  Albian  Alps, plate tectonics  8: 675-678 
Chile, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  Dominican Republic  12: 1143-1146  Austria, Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
China, seismology  11: 989-992  France  7: 635-638  Germany, Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
Indonesia, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  Spain  7: 635-638  Alps 
Japan, seismology  11: 989-992  albite  Cretaceous 
Mongolia, seismology  7: 579-582  faults  1: 63-66  Allgau Alps  8: 691-694 
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Altai Mountains ¢ Asia  SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24 
Eastern Alps  8: 691-694  stratigraphy, Weddell Sea  2: 163-166;  Utah, Quaternary  8: 763-765 
plate tectonics, Pennine Alps  8: 675-678  4: 355-358  Archaean see Archean 
stratigraphy, Latemar Massif  4: 371-375  Antarctica see also Beacon Supergroup  archaeological sites 
Tertiary  geochronology, Transantarctic  Italy, Quaternary  8: 751-754 
Bernese Alps  8: 747-750  Mountains  6: 535-538  archaeology see also Neolithic 
Swiss Alps  8: 747-750  Pliocene  Mexico  5: 399-402 
Altai Mountains  Antarctic ice sheet  8: 727-730  Archean  12: 1135-1138 
seismology  7: 579-582  Victoria Land  8: 727-730  Greenland  1: 43-46; 6: 523-526 
Altiplano  Quaternary  Japan  9: 791-794 
tectonophysics  5: 407-410; 6: 511-514  Ross Ice Shelf  3: 223-226  South Africa  2: 119-122 
Altyn Tagh Fault  South Pole  2: 115-118  Western Australia  10: 879-882 
structural geology  5: 427-430  Anthozoa see Zoantharia  Yemen  2: 131-134; 11: 1055-1056 
aluminosilicates  anticlines  Zimbabwe  1: 19-22; 9: 823-826 
mantle  7: 663-666  Spain  2: 175-178  archeology see archaeology 
aluminum  Washington, Quaternary  12: 1123-1126  arcs, island see island arcs 
Al-26  Antilles see Greater Antilles; Lesser Antilles  Arctic Archipelago 
Norway  : 207-210  Antimonio Terrane  Proterozoic  1: 79-82 
Utah  1: 47-51  stratigraphy  12: 1131-1134  Arctic Ocean 
Wyoming  1: 47-51  Apache County Arizona  Cenozoic  11: 1013-1016 
amber mica see phlogopite  mantle  3: 267-270  Permian, Norwegian Sea  11: 1005-1008 
Ambitle Island  apatite  Quaternary  7: 599-602 
ecology  : 435-438  France, Jurassic  9: 787-790; 9: 847-850  Alpha Cordillera  2: 139-142 
Greenland, Cenozoic  11: 1013-1016  Greenland Sea  10: 937-940 
Louisiana, geochemistry  : 227-230  New South Wales Australia, geo-  Mendeleyev Ridge  2: 139-142 
Ammonia parkinsoniana  chronology  6: 563-566  Norwegian Sea  10: 937-940 
geochemistry  : 227-230  Appalachians see also Canada 
stratigraphy, Barents Sea  9: 779-782 
Ammonoidea  : 627-630  geochronology  4: 359-362 
Arctic region see Greenland 
ammonoids  metal ores, Hudson Highlands  5: 475-477 
Ardeche France 
Italy, stratigraphy  : 371-375  orogeny  3: 285-287 
Jurassic  9: 847-850 
amphibole group see clinoamphibole  plate tectonics, Blue Ridge Prov- 
arendalite see epidote 
amphibolite see amphibolites  ince  1: 59-62 
Argentina 
amphibolite facies  structural geology  5: 411-414 
Quaternary, Pampean Moun- 
China, structural geology  5: 455-458  Aptian 
tains  12: 1127-1130 
Greenland, petrology  1: 43-46  Dominican Republic  : 1143-1146 
stratigraphy 
Wyoming, Proterozoic  7: 623-626  France  7: 635-638 
Catamarca Argentina  10: 953-956 
amphibolites  Spain  7: 635-638 
La Rioja Argentina  10: 953-956 
Korea, structural geology  12: 1071-1074  Apuseni Mountains 
analogues, modern see modern analogs  plate tectonics  2: 167-170  argon 
anatexis  Ar see argon  Switzerland, Tertiary  8: 747-750 
Japan, tectonophysics  1: 31-34  Ar/Ar  argon-argon see Ar/Ar 
magmas  4: 295-298  Angola, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Argonauta 
Ancona Italy  Austria, Cretaceous  8: 691-694  Invertebrata  7: 627-630 
deformation  6: 483-486; 6: 487-490  Germany, Cretaceous  8: 691-694  Argyllshire Scotland see Mull Island 
Andalusia Spain see Almeria Spain  Greenland, orogeny  5: 471-473  Arizona 
Andean Orogeny  Italy, Quaternary  8: 751-754  mantle 
Andes, tectonophysics  6: 511-514  Mexico, orogeny  5: 443-446  Apache County Arizona  3: 267-270 
Bolivia, tectonophysics  5: 407-410  Minnesota, orogeny  4: 343-346  Mohave County Arizona  3: 267-270 
Rocky Mountains, tectonophys-  Namibia, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  petrology  12: 1119-1122 
ics  6: 511-514  Norway, Permian  : 1005-1008  Armenia earthquake 1988 see Spitak earthquake 
Andes see Altiplano; Bolivia  Quebec, geochronology  4: 359-362  1988 
Andes Mountains see Andes  South Australia, geochronology  10: 941-944  Arnhem Land 
andesites  Switzerland, Tertiary  8: 747-750  Quaternary  10: 883-887 
Bolivia, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Turkey, geochronology  1: 93-95  Arthropoda see Mandibulata 
Chile, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Victoria Australia, geochronol-  arthropods see also crustaceans; trilobites 
Angola  ogy  10: 941-944  crustaceans, France  9: 847-850 
Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Arabian Peninsula see also Oman; Saudi Ara-  Asal Rift 
angular unconformities  bia; Yemen  faults  7: 643-646 
Namibia, Proterozoic  12: 1115-1118  faults, Arabian Shield  11: 1055-1056  ash flows 
anhydrite  tectonophysics, Arabian Shield  2: 131-134  Mexico, Quaternary  5: 399-402 
Atlantic Ocean, metal ores  12: 1147-1150  Arabian Shield  Asia see also Arabian Peninsula; Far East; Hi- 
ankaramite  faults  11: 1055-1056  malayas; Indian Peninsula; Middle East 
Yukon Territory, stratigraphy  11: 997-1000  tectonophysics  2: 131-134  Cambrian, Siberian Platform  4: 311-314 
anorthosite see meta-anorthosite  aragonite  deformation, Popigay Structure  6: 487-490 
Antarctic Continent see Antarctica  Pacific Ocean, stratigraphy  6: 555-558  heat flow, Main Central Thrust  9: 839-842 
Antarctic ice sheet  Papua New Guinea  paleomagnetism 
Pliocene  8: 727-730  ecology  5: 435-438  Siberia  8: 719-722 
Antarctic Ocean see also Kerguelen Plateau;  Quaternary  9: 819-822  Yakutia Russian Federation  8: 719-722 
ODP Site 689; ODP Site 738  sedimentary petrology  1: 91-93  plate tectonics, Kuril Islands  1: 27-30 
Quaternary, Ross Sea  3: 223-226  South Africa, geochemistry  2: 119-122  Proterozoic, Siberia  9: 860-862 
1154  GEOLOGY, December 1996
SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24  asthenosphere ¢ biogeography 
seismology  Australasia  see  New  Zealand;  Papua  New  Alberta 
Altai Mountains  7: 579-582  Guinea  sedimentation  11: 1001-1004 
Gobi Desert  7: 579-582  Australia see also New South Wales Australia;  stratigraphy  5: 467-470 
structural geology  Northern Territory Australia; Queensland  Canada, lava  4: 319-322 
InduYa srl-un g Zangbo suture  Australia; South Australia; Victoria Aus-  Mediterranean Sea, petrology  5: 447-450 
zone  8: 739-742  tralia; Western Australia  Pakistan, Paleogene  9: 835-838 
Kohistan  8: 739-742  Devonian, Lachlan fold belt  12: 1111-1114  United States, lava  4: 319-322 
tectonophysics  8: 699-702  geochronology, Lachlan fold  Western Interior, sedimentary 
asthenosphere  belt  6: 563-566; 10: 941-944  petrology  10: 888-892 
Norway, tectonophysics  10: 901-904  stratigraphy  5: 473-474  Basque Provinces Spain 
Atlantic City New Jersey  Austria  plate tectonics  7: 635-638 
Eocene  7: 639-642  Cretaceous, Vorarlberg Austria  8: 691-694  Basutoland see Lesotho 
stratigraphy  6: 567-570  stratigraphy  5: 391-394  Bavaria Germany 
Atlantic Coastal Plain  axes, fold see fold axes  Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
Eocene  7: 639-642  Babine Lake Deposit  Bay of Biscay 
geochemistry  10: 925-928  copper ores  12: 1091-1094  plate tectonics  7: 635-638 
stratigraphy  6: 567-570  bacteria  Be-10 
Atlantic County New Jersey  Utah, Quaternary  8: 763-765  Norway, Quaternary  3: 207-210 
Eocene  7: 639-642  baddeleyite  Utah, Quaternary  1: 47-51 
stratigraphy  6: 567-570  Lesotho, geochronology  6: 535-538  Wyoming, Quaternary  1: 47-51 
Atlantic Ocean see also North Atiantic  South Africa, geochronology  6: 535-538  Beacon Supergroup 
Cretaceous  6: 499-502  Baffin Island  stratigraphy  3: 235-238 
geochemistry  Proterozoic  1: 79-82  Beaufort County South Carolina 
Barbados Ridge  10: 897-900  Bahama Platform see Blake Plateau  geochemistry  10: 925-928 
bed-load see bedload 
Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge  7: 655-658  Bahamas 
bedding 
mantle  Quaternary  9: 775-778 
Europe  6: 543-546 
Kane fracture zone  12: 1139-1142  Bald Mountain 
bedding plane irregularities see mudcracks 
Mid-Atlantic Ridge  12: 1139-1142  structural geology  7: 669-671 
bedload 
metal ores, TAG hydrothermal  banded iron formations see iron formations 
Scotland, geomorphology  2: 179-182 
field  12: 1147-1150  Banded Mountain Member 
belts, fold see fold belts 
ocean floors  geochemistry  10: 917-920 
belts, greenstone see greenstone belts 
Barbados Ridge  9: 843-846  Barbados 
Benioff zone 
Great Bahama Bank  11: 985-988  plate tectonics  4: 307-310 
Bolivia, plate tectonics  5: 387-390 
paleomagnetism  7: 611-614  Quaternary  11: 1049-1053 
Benton County Washington 
plate tectonics  4: 307-310  Barbados accretionary complex  Quaternary  : 1123-1126 
Bay of Biscay  7: 635-638  plate tectonics  4: 307-310  Bermuda 
Pliocene  Barbados Ridge  Quaternary  3: 211-214 
Mid-Atlantic Ridge  695-698  geochemistry  10: 897-900  Bern Switzerland 
Rockall Plateau  695-698  ocean floors  9: 843-846  Tertiary  8: 747-750 
Quaternary  231-234  tectonophysics  2: 127-130  Bernese Alps 
7: 599-602;  : 855-857  Barberton greenstone belt  Tertiary  8: 747-750 
Blake Plateau  143-146  geochemistry  9: 791-794  beryllium 
Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge  143-146  Barents Sea  Be-10 
Great Bahama Bank  893-896  stratigraphy  9: 779-782  Norway  3: 207-210 
Reykjanes Ridge  507-510  barite  Utah  1: 47-51 
Straits of Florida  NY&ooOSo P   8 27-D830 PFr ance, Jurassic  9: 847-850  Wyoming  1: 47-51 
sea-floor spreading  barometry, geologic see geologic barometry  Betic Cordillera 
Kane fracture zone  1: 71-74  bars see longshore bars  structural geology  1: 67-70 
Mid-Atlantic Ridge  1: 71-74  basalts see also absarokite; alkali basalts; an-  biochemical sedimentation 
structural geology  9: 811-814  karamite; flood basalts; mid-ocean ridge ba-  Italy, Cretaceous  6: 499-502 
tectonophysics  1: 39-42  salts; shoshonite; tholeiitic basalt  bioclastic sedimentation 
10: 901-904; 12: 1079-1082  Arizona, mantle  3: 267-270  Alberta, stratigraphy  8: 715-718 
Barbados Ridge  2: 127-130  geochemistry  7: 587-590  Antarctic Ocean, stratigraphy  5: 463-466 
Labrador Sea  9: 771-774  base metals  Antarctica 
Mid-Atlantic Ridge  9: 803-806  Queensland Australia  2: 155-158  Pliocene  8: 727-730 
Atlantic Ocean Islands see Bermuda; Canary Is-  basement tectonics  Quaternary  2: 115-118 
lands  Alberta, stratigraphy  5: 467-470  stratigraphy  3: 235-238 
Atlantic region  Alps, plate tectonics  8: 675-678  Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  6: 507-510 
Quaternary  2: 103-106  Mexico  10: 921-924  Spain  1: 35-38 
tectonophysics  10: 901-904  Yemen  11: 1055-1056  Western Interior  10: 888-892 
Atlantic-type margins see passive margins  Basin and Range Province see also Great  biodiversity 
Atlas Mountains  Basin; Nevada; Sevier Desert  Pacific Ocean, Paleocene  5: 423-426 
plate tectonics  8: 755-758  structural geology  12: 1095-1098  Vertebrata  10: 957-959 
atmosphere see sulfur dioxide  basin range structure  biogenic structures see algal structures; stromato- 
atmospheric precipitation  Basin and Range Province, struc-  lites 
Europe, Quaternary  2: 103-106  tural geology  12: 1095-1098  biogeography 
New Zealand, geomorphology  12: 1107-1110  basins see also fore-arc basins; foreland basins;  Atlantic Ocean, Pliocene  8: 695-698 
Wyoming, stratigraphy  5: 403-406  intermontane basins; ocean basins  _1: 11-14  China, stratigraphy  6: 571-574 
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biologic evolution * calderas  SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24 
foraminifera  7: 607-610  Atlantic Ocean  burial diagenesis 
Panama, Miocene  8: 687-690  structural geology  9: 811-814  Alberta, stratigraphy  8: 715-718 
Vietnam, stratigraphy  6: 571-574  tectonophysics  12: 1079-1082  Burke County Georgia 
biologic evolution see also cladistics; natural se-  British Columbia, tectonophys-  geochemistry  10: 925-928 
lection  ics  11: 968-972  burrows 
foraminifera  3: 215-218  China, structural geology  5: 427-430  Puerto Rico, Invertebrata  3: 200-202 
geochemistry  2: 159-162  Kentucky, folds  2: 151-154  Butte County California 
Invertebrata  7: 627-630  Mexico, neotectonics  10: 921-924  tectonophysics  3: 195-199 
Vertebrata  10: 957-959  Morocco, plate tectonics  8: 755-758  C-12/C-13 see C-13/C-12 
biological diversity see biodiversity  Blue Ridge Province  C-13 
biological zones see biozones  plate tectonics  1: 59-62  Coral Sea, Quaternary  11: 1009-1012 
biomarkers  blueschist facies  C-13/C-12 
geochemistry  2: 159-162  California, structural geology  1: 75-78  Alberta, stratigraphy  2: 187-191; 8: 715-718 
tion  4: 323-326; 5: 477-479  Italy, geochemistry  8: 711-714  Antarctic Ocean, stratigraphy  2: 163-166 
biopelite see black shale  body waves see P-waves; S-waves  Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  7: 599-602 
biostratigraphy see also ammonoids; biozones;  Bolivia see also Altiplano  Atlantic Ocean, Pliocene  8: 695-698 
bivalves; conodonts; corals; diatom flora;  geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Australia, stratigraphy  5: 473-474 
fish; foraminifers; mollusks; nannofossils;  plate tectonics  5: 387-390  Austria, stratigraphy  5: 391-394 
paleoecology; radiolarians; trilobites  Bolivia earthquake 1994  British Columbia, copper ores  12: 1091-1094 
New Jersey  6: 567-570  plate tectonics  5: 387-390  California, Quaternary  4: 331-334 
biotite  Bolivina  Colorado, stratigraphy  9: 799-802 
Angola, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  2: 139-142  Coral Sea, Quaternary  11: 1009-1012 
Bolivia, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Bolivina arctica  Egypt, Paleocene  4: 347-350 
Chile, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Quaternary  2: 139-142  France, Eocene  12: 1067-1070 
magmas  4: 295-298  Bolivinitidae see Bolivina  geochemistry  10: 867-870 
Bonanza King Formation 
Namibia, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Greece, geochemistry  4: 315-318 
geochemistry  10: 917-920 
South Australia, geochronology  10: 941-944  Italy, Cretaceous  6: 499-502 
Bond albedo see albedo 
Victoria Australia, geochronol-  Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
bottom currents 
10: 941-944  Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
New Zealand  8: 735-738 
Papua New Guinea, ecology  5: 435-438 
bottom features see also mid-ocean ridges; sub- 
California, geochemistry  3: 243-246  Texas, geochemistry  1: 95-96 
marine volcanoes 
biozones  Turkey, geochemistry  4: 315-318 
Atlantic Ocean, ocean floors  11: 985-988 
Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  2: 139-142  Wales, geochemistry  1: 95-96 
Canary Islands, Quaternary  3: 231-234 
Europe, Silurian  9: 831-834  Wyoming, Quaternary  1: 23-26 
Florida, Quaternary  9: 827-830 
Western Interior, sedimentary  Louisiana  4: 299-302  C-14 
petrology  10: 888-892  Mediterranean Sea, ocean floors  3: 239-242  Antarctic Ocean, Quaternary  3: 223-226 
Biscay Bay see Bay of Biscay  bottom load see bedload  Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  7: 599-602 
bituminous shale see black shale  boulders  Argentina, Quaternary  12: 1127-1130 
bivalves see also rudists  California, frost action  8: 766-767  Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  2: 143-146 
Antarctic Ocean, stratigraphy  5: 463-466  boundaries, stratigraphic see stratigraphic bound-  California, Quaternary  4: 331-334 
British Columbia, geochemistry  5: 415-418  ary  New Mexico, Quaternary  1: 7-10; 6: 539-542 
California, Quaternary  4: 331-334  Bouse Formation  New York, Quaternary  6: 519-522 
France, Eocene  12: 1067-1070  Cenozoic  9: 783-786  South Australia, Quaternary  7: 619-622 
Italy, stratigraphy  4: 371-375  Brachiopoda  Ca see calcium 
Western Interior, Jurassic  9: 815-818  Inarticulata  11: 977-980  Cainozoic see Cenozoic 
Bivalvia see Mytilus; Rudistae; Venerida  brachiopods  Calabria Italy 
Black Mountains  Russian Federation, Cambrian  4: 311-314  Quaternary  8: 743-746 
foliation  7: 603-606  Brazil  calcareous clay see marl 
Black Rock Desert  tectonics, Rio Grande do Sul  calcareous nannofossils see nannofossils 
tectonics  11: 1037-1040  Brazil  5: 439-442  calcicrete see calcrete 
black shale  Brazilian Cycle  calcite see also calcium carbonate 
Alberta, stratigraphy  8: 715-718  Brazil, tectonics  5: 439-442  Barbados, Quaternary  11: 1049-1053 
italy, Cretaceous  6: 499-502  breccia  France, Jurassic  9: 847-850 
Russian Federation, Cambrian  4: 311-314  Colorado, stratigraphy  9: 799-802  Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
black smokers  brines  3: 259-262  Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
Atlantic Ocean, metal ores  12:  1147-1150  geochemistry  3: 279-283  Pacific Ocean, stratigraphy  6: 555-558 
Blake  Outer  Ridge see  Blake-Bahama  Outer  mineralogy  5: 431-434  Papua New Guinea, ecology  5: 435-438 
Ridge  British Columbia see also Canadian Cordillera  sedimentary petrology  1: 91-93 
Blake Plateau  geochemistry  5: 415-418  Texas, geochemistry  1: 95-96 
Quaternary  2: 143-146  tectonophysics  11: 968-972  Wales, geochemistry  1: 95-96 
Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge  brittle deformation  11: 1025-1028;  calcium 
geochemistry  T: 655-658  12: 1103-1106  British Columbia, geochemistry  5: 415-418 
Quaternary  2: 143-146  New York, fluid inclusions  2: 147-150  calcium carbonate 
bloating shale see shale  Nova Scotia  5: 411-414  South Africa, geochemistry  2: 119-122 
block clay see melange  brown mica see phlogopite  calcrete 
block structures  Bulimina aculeata  South Australia, Quaternary  7: 619-622 
Alaska, tectonophysics  11: 968-972  Quaternary  2: 139-142  calderas 
Algeria, plate tectonics  8: 755-758  Buliminacea see Bolivinitidae  New Mexico, Quaternary  1: 7-10 
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SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24  Caledonian Orogeny * Caribbean Sea 
Caledonian Orogeny  Transverse Ranges  11: 973-976  Colorado  9: 799-802 
Greenland, orogeny  5: 471-473  tectonophysics  Coral Sea  11: 1009-1012 
Norway  11: 1005-1008  Butte County California  3: 195-199  Egypt  4: 347-350 
California see also San Andreas Fault; Sierra  Glenn County California  3: 195-199  France  12: 1067-1070 
Nevada  Humboldt County California  3: 195-199  geochemistry  10: 867-870 
Cenozoic  Lake County California  3: 195-199  Greece  4: 315-318 
Imperial County California  : 783-786  Mendocino County California  3: 195-199  Italy  6: 499-502 
Los Angeles Basin  : 783-786  Shasta County California  3: 195-199  Marshall Islands  10: 945-948 
Los Angeles County Califor-  Trinity County California  3: 195-199  Micronesia  10: 945-948 
nia  : 783-786  Calyptogena  Papua New Guinea  5: 435-438 
Riverside County California  : 783-786  Pacific Ocean, Quaternary  9: 807-810  Texas  1: 95-96 
Salton Trough  : 783-786  Cambrian see also Delamerian Orogeny; Ross  Turkey  4: 315-318 
Ventura Basin  : 783-786  Orogeny  12: 1063-1066  Wales  1: 95-96 
Ventura County California  : 783-786  Bonanza King Formation, geo-  Wyoming  1: 23-26 
continental slope  1: 3-6  chemistry  10: 917-920  C-14 
faults  Ontario  9: 851-854  Antarctic Ocean  3: 223-226 
Imperial County California  : 547-550  Russian Federation  4: 311-314  Arctic Ocean  7: 599-602 
Los Angeles County Califor-  Tommotian  9: 860-862  Argentina  12: 1127-1130 
nia  : 547-550  Russian Federation  8: 719-722  Atlantic Ocean  2: 143-146 
Riverside County California  : 547-550  Camp Rice Formation  California  4: 331-334 
foliation  Quaternary  1: 87-90  New Mexico  1: 7-10; 6: 539-542 
Death Valley  : 603-606  Campanian  New York  6: 519-522 
Inyo County California  : 603-606  Colorado  9: 799-802  South Australia  7: 619-622 
frost action  Greece  4: 315-318  carbon dioxide 
Death Valley  : 766-767  Turkey  4: 315-318  Australia, stratigraphy  5: 473-474 
Inyo County California  : 766-767  Canada see also Eastern Canada; Western Can-  Caribbean region, Cretaceous  4: 376-380 
geochemistry  ada  Colombia, geochemistry  6: 531-534 
Mojave Desert  : 335-338  copper ores, Canadian Cordil-  geochemistry  4: 351-354 
San Bernardino County Cali-  lera  12: 1091-1094  carbon-13 see C-13 
fornia  : 335-338  lava  4: 319-322  carbon-14 see C-14 
Siskiyou County California  : 243-246  stratigraphy, Canadian Cordil-  carbonaceous shale see black shale 
neotectonics  lera  5: 467-470  carbonate platforms 
Mojave Desert  : 858-860  structural geology, Meguma Ter-  Atlantic Ocean, ocean floors  11: 985-988 
San Bernardino County Cali-  rane  5: 411-414  Italy, stratigraphy  4: 371-375 
fornia  : 858-860  tectonics, Grenville Front  11: 1033-1036  Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
Quaternary  Canadian Cordillera  Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948 
Alameda County California  : 331-334  copper ores  12: 1091-1094  Nevada, geochemistry  10: 917-920 
Contra Costa County Califor-  stratigraphy  5: 467-470  Papua New Guinea, Quaternary  9: 819-822 
nia  331-334  Canadian Shield  carbonate ramps 
Fresno County California  111-114  geochemistry, Cape Smith fold  Alberta, stratigraphy  5: 467-470; 8: 715-718 
Inyo County California  339-342  belt  4: 291-294  carbonate rocks see also calcite; calcrete; car- 
Mariposa County California  111-114  tectonics  bonate platforms; grainstone; limestone; 
Mono County California  2v3y39p-e34n2e   Grenville Province  11: 1033-1036  packstone 
Sacramento County Califor-  Pontiac Subprovince  11: 1033-1036  Austria  5: 391-394 
nia  331-334  Canal Zone see Panama Canal Zone  Bahamas, Quaternary  9: 775-778 
San Francisco Bay  331-334  Canary Islands  Europe  6: 543-546 
San Mateo County California  331-334  Quaternary, Hierro  3: 231-234  Northwest Territories, Pro- 
Solano County California  331-334  Cantabrian Mountains  terozoic  1: 79-82 
Tulare County California  111-114  plate tectonics  7: 635-638  carbonate sediments 
Tuolumne County California  111-114  Cape Girardeau County Missouri  Florida, Quaternary  10: 893-896 
Yosemite National Park  111-114  sediments  2: 171-174  Middle East, geochemistry  3: 284-285 
seismology  989-992  Cape May County New Jersey  Red Sea, geochemistry  3: 284-285 
Imperial County California  219-222  stratigraphy  6: 567-570  carbonates see also aragonite; calcite 
Kern County California  579-582  Cape Province South Africa  Atlantic Ocean  10: 897-900 
Los Angeles California  579-582  geochemistry  2: 119-122  British Columbia, copper ores  12: 1091-1094 
Mojave Desert  2: 123-126;  219-222  Cape Smith fold belt  Pacific Ocean, geochemistry  10: 897-900 
Riverside County California  219-222  geochemistry  4: 291-294  Wyoming 
Salton Trough  2>VPA  MAr1S2VP3 - 1r26P e?car2ba rgilite see coal  Quaternary  1: 23-26 
San Bernardino County Cali-  carbon  stratigraphy  5: 403-406 
fornia  219-222  C-13, Coral Sea  11: 1009-1012  Carboniferous see also Penasylvanian 
San Gabriel Mountains  579-582  C-13/C-12  Dinantian, Alberta  5: 467-470 
Transverse Ranges  123-126  Alberta  2: 187-191; 8: 715-718  Namurian, Nova Scotia  5: 411-414 
structural geology  Antarctic Ocean  2: 163-166  Tournaisian, Alberta  8: 715-718 
Madera County California  ~— : 669-671  Arctic Ocean  7: 599-602  Visean, Nova Scotia  5: 411-414 
Merced County California  1: 75-78  Atlantic Ocean  8: 695-698  Caribbean region see also West Indies 
Mojave Desert  : 973-976  Australia  5: 473-474  Cretaceous  4: 376-380 
San Bernardino County Cali-  Austria  5: 391-394  Miocene  8: 687-690 
fornia  : 973-976  British Columbia  12: 1091-1094  Caribbean Sea 
Sierra Nevada Batholith  : 669-671  California  4: 331-334  Invertebrata  3: 200-202 
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Carlton County Minnesota * cones, shatter  SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24 
Carlton County Minnesota  Chekiang China see Zhejiang China  marl; megabreccia; microbreccia; molasse; 
orogeny  4: 343-346  chemically precipitated rocks see evaporites; iron  mudstone; sandstone; shale; siltstone 
Carmacks Group  formations  Japan, tectonophysics  9: 795-798 
stratigraphy  11: 997-1000  chemostratigraphy  Virginia, plate tectonics  1: 59-62 
Carolina Rise  Alberta  2: 187-191  clastic  sediments  see  alluvium;  boulders;  clay; 
geochemistry  7: 655-658  Antarctic Ocean  2: 163-166  colluvium; diamicton; gravel; ooze; pebbles; 
Quaternary  2: 143-146  Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  7: 599-602  sand; siliciclastics; till 
Carpathians  Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  6: 507-510  clathrates 
plate tectonics  9: 862-864  Austria  5: 391-394  Mediterranean Sea, ocean floors  3: 239-242 
Vrancea  2: 167-170  Europe, Silurian  9: 831-834  clay 
Cascade Range  France, Jurassic  9: 787-790  Georgia, geochemistry  10: 925-928 
metasomatism  5: 451-454  geochemistry  2: 159-162  South Carolina, geochemistry  10: 925-928 
Cascadia subduction zone  Middle East, geochemistry  3: 284-285  clay minerals 
geochemistry  10: 897-900  New Jersey  6: 567-570  Atlantic Ocean, ocean floors  9: 843-846 
plate tectonics  10: 929-932  Red Sea, geochemistry  3: 284-285  claystone 
Cassidulina  chemosynthesis  Arctic Ocean, stratigraphy  9: 779-782 
Arctic Ocean, Quaternary  2: 139-142  Pacific Ocean, Quaternary  : 807-810  cleavage 
Cassidulina teretis  cheniers  Manitoba, structural geology  10: 909-912 
Quaternary  2: 139-142  China, Quaternary  12: 1083-1086  cliff of displacement see fault scarps 
Cassidulinacea see Cassidulina  Cheshire County New Hampshire  CLIMAP 
Catamarca Argentina  geochemistry  12: 1099-1102  Quaternary  8: 679-682 
stratigraphy  10: 953-956  climatology, paleo- see paleoclimatology 
Chichibu Belt 
cathodolumi  ence  5: 395-398  tectonophysics  9: 795-798  clinoamphibole see glaucophane; hornblende 
caves see speleothems  clinopyroxene see jadeite 
Chicxulub Crater 
Cayuga County New York  CO2 see carbon dioxide 
geomorphology  6: 527-530 
Quaternary  6: 519-522  coal see also coal seams 
stratigraphy  3: 255-258; 11: 963-967 
cement  Australia, stratigraphy  5: 473-474 
Chile 
Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948  coal beds see coal seams 
geochemistry  11: 1021-1024 
Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948  coal fields 
plate tectonics  1: 27-30; 2: 107-110 
Pacific Ocean, stratigraphy  6: 555-558  Pennsylvania, stratigraphy  10: 905-908 
tectonophysics  8: 723-726 
Cenomanian  7: 607-610  coal seams 
Western Interior  10: 888-892  Chile Ridge  Alberta, sedimentation  11: 1001-1004 
tectonophysics  8: 723-726 
Cenozoic see also Quaternary; Tertiary  coalfields see coal fields 
Chile Trench see Peru-Chile Trench 
3: 215-218  coastal features see shore features 
Arizona  3: 267-270  China see also Jiangsu China; Qinghai China;  coastal plains 
California  9: 783-786  Shanghai China; Xinjiang China; Zhejiang  New Jersey, stratigraphy  6: 567-570 
Greenland  11: 1013-1016  China  Codiaceae see Halimeda 
Matuyama Epoch, Arctic Ocean  2: 139-142  Quaternary, Yangtze River  12: 1083-1086  Coelenterata  1: 52-54 
Mexico  6: 527-530  seismology  11: 989-992  Porites, Coral Sea  11: 1009-1012 
Neolithic, China  12: 1083-1086  stratigraphy, South China Block  6: 571-574  coelenterates see corais 
Norway  10: 901-904  structural geology, Dabie Moun-  collapse structures 
Philippine Islands  3: 271-274  tains  5: 455-458  Minnesota, orogeny  4: 343-346 
centers, spreading see spreading centers  chitinozoans  Pakistan, structural geology  8: 739-742 
Central Africa see Angola  Saudi Arabia, stratigraphy  1: 55-58  Taiwan, plate tectonics  10: 949-952 
Central Alps see Bernese Alps; Pennine Alps  chlorides see halite  Utah, structural geology  10: 933-936 
Central America see also Nicaragua; Panama  chlorine  colluvium 
Miocene, Panama Canal Zone  8: 687-690  Cl-36, Scotland  8: 707-710  Argentina, Quaternary  12: 1127-1130 
plate tectonics  1: 27-30  Chlorophyceae see Codiaceae  New Mexico, Quaternary  6: 539-542 
Central Europe see Allgau Alps; Austria; Czech  Chlorophyta see Chlorophyceae  Colombia 
Republic; Germany; Silesia; Switzerland  Chordata see Vertebrata  geochemistry  6: 531-534 
Central Siberian Plateau see Siberian Platform  chorology see biogeography  Colorado 
Cephalopoda see also Tetrabranchiata  1: 52-54  chrysotile  stratigraphy 
cephalopods see ammonoids  California, structural geology  11: 1041-1044  El Paso County Colorado  9: 799-802 
Chaidamu Basin see Qaidam Basin  Chugach Mountains  Fremont County Coiorado  9: 799-802 
chain  silicates  see  amphibole  group;  pyroxene  geochemistry  3: 263-266  Pueblo County Colorado  9: 799-802 
group  Churchill Province see Cape Smith fold belt  Colorado Plateau 
chambers, magma see magma chambers  Cibicidoides  mantle  3: 267-270 
Chang Jiang River see Yangtze River  Eocene  7: 639-642  Colorado River 
Chang Ma earthquake 1932  Circum-Pacific region  Cenozoic  9: 783-786 
seismology  11: 989-992  plate tectonics  2: 107-110  columbium see niobium 
Changjiang River see Yangtze River  Cl-36  common mica see muscovite 
channels  Scotland, Quaternary  8: 707-710  common salt see halite 
Chile, plate tectonics  2: 107-110  cladistics  Commonweaith of Independent States see Arme- 
New Zealand  8: 735-738  Invertebrata  1: 52-54  nia; Russian Federation 
charcoal  stratigraphy  4: 381-382  compression tectonics 
Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  9: 855-857  Clark County Nevada  California, seismology  2: 123-126 
Washington, Quaternary  2: 99-102  geochemistry  10:  917-920  compressional waves see P-waves 
Charleston South Carolina  clastic rocks see also black shale; breccia;  concentric folds  3: 203-206 
geochemistry  10: 925-928  claystone; conglomerate; eolianite; flysch;  cones, shatter see shatter cones 
1158  GEOLOGY, December 1996
SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24  conglomerate ¢ crust 
conglomerate  continental rise  Greece  4: 315-318 
California, Cenozoic  9: 783-786  Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  2: 143-146  Turkey  4: 315-318 
Europe  6: 543-546  continental seas see epicontinental seas  Caribbean region  4: 376-380 
Utah, structural geology  7: 667-669  continental shelf see a/so continental margin  Cenomanian  7: 607-610 
Connecticut  Louisiana  4: 299-302  Western Interior  10: 888-892 
petrology, Hartford County Con-  geochemistry  3: 227-230  Germany  8: 691-694 
necticut  11: 1029-1032  Norway, Permian  11: 1005-1008  Greenhorn Limestone, sedimen- 
conodonts  continental slope  tary petrology  10: 888-892 
Alberta, stratigraphy  2: 187-191  Gulf of Mexico  1: 3-6  Hell Creek Formation, Ver- 
Europe, Silurian  9: 831-834  continental terrace see continental shelf  tebrata  10: 957-959 
contact metamorphism  continental type see continental crust  Italy  6: 499-502 
Greenland, geochemistry  6: 523-526  Contra Costa County California  Japan  9: 795-798 
contamination,  magma see  magma  contamina-  Quaternary  4: 331-334  K-T boundary  7: 607-610 
tion  Coorong Lagoon  7: 627-630; 10: 957-959 
continental crust  5: 419-422  Quaternary  7: 619-622  Antarctic Ocean  5: 463-466 
7: 663-666; 8: 699-702  copper ores see also porphyry copper 3: 259-262  Atlantic Ocean  7: 611-614 
Alaska  11: 968-972  New Jersey  4: 382-384; 5: 475-477  Mexico  3: 255-258; 11: 963-967 
Algeria  11: 989-992  New York  4: 382-384; 5: 475-477  Maestrichtian 
Alps  8: 675-678  coquina  Antarctic Ocean  5: 463-466 
Arizona  3: 267-270  Panama, Miocene  8: 687-690  Pacific Ocean  6: 555-558 
petrology  12: 1119-1122  coral reefs see reefs  Mannville Group, sedimentation 11: 1001-1004 
Armenia  11: 989-992  Coral Sea  Marshall Islands  10: 945-948 
Atlantic Ocean  12: 1079-1082  Quaternary  Mexico  12: 1131-1134 
Basin and Range Province, struc-  Great Barrier Reef  11: 1009-1012  Micronesia  10: 945-948 
tural geology  12: 1095-1098  Solomon Sea  9: 819-822  Namibia  7: 659-662 
British Columbia  11: 968-972  corals  New South Wales Australia  6: 563-566 
California  4: 367-370; 11: 989-992  Alberta, stratigraphy  5: 467-470  Northern Territory Australia  10: 883-887 
China  11: 989-992  Bermuda, Quaternary  3: 211-214  Pacific Ocean  6: 491-494 
Coral Sea, Quaternary  11: 1009-1012  Santonian 
India  7: 651-654 
Florida, Quaternary  3: 211-214  Greece  4: 315-318 
Japan  1: 31-34; 11: 989-992 
Papua New Guinea  Turkey  4: 315-318 
Kentucky, folds  2: 151-154 
ecology  5: 435-438  Spain  1: 67-70 
Manitoba, structural geology  10: 909-912 
Quaternary  9: 819-822  Turkey  1: 93-95 
Mexico, neotectonics  10: 921-924 
sedimentary petrology  1: 91-93  Turonian  7: 607-610 
Namibia, structural geology  6: 503-506 
cordierite  Western Interior  10: 888-892 
Nepal  9: 839-842 
geochemistry  7: 647-650  Utah  7: 591-594 
Nevada  4: 367-370 
Cordillera Marianica see Betic Cordillera  Yukon Territory  11: 997-1000 
New Hampshire, geochemistry  12: 1099-1102  Cordilleran Orogeny  Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary see K-T boundary 
New Mexico, petrology  12: 1119-1122  Andes, tectonophysics  6: 511-514  Crete 
New Zealand  11: 1045-1048  Rocky Mountains, tectonophys-  stratigraphy  1: 15-18 
Ontario, tectonics  11: 1033-1036  ics  6: 511-514  Croagh Patrick Deposit 
Scotland  1: 39-42  Utah, sedimentation  7: 591-594  gold ores  5: 395-398 
Victoria Australia, geochemistry  7: 631-634  core complexes see metamorphic core complexes  Croatia see Split 
continental drift see also Gondwana; Iapetus;  core-mantle boundary  cross-bedding 
Laurentia; Pangaea  tectonophysics  6: 551-554  Namibia, Proterozoic  12: 1115-1118 
Angola, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Costa Rica Rift  cross-laminations 
metal ores  3: 259-262  sea-floor spreading  1: 83-86  Panama, Miocene  8: 687-690 
Mexico, stratigraphy  12: 1131-1134  Cow Branch Formation  crossbedding see cross-bedding 
Namibia, Cretaceous  7: 659-662  structural geology  8: 683-686  Crow Wing County Minnesota 
continental margin see also continental margin  craters  1: 11-14  orogeny  4: 343-346 
sedimentation; continental rise; passive mar-  Arctic Ocean, stratigraphy  9: 779-782  Crozet Islands 
gins  Mexico, geomorphology  6: 527-530  geochemistry  7: 615-618 
California, tectonophysics  3: 195-199  Cretaceous see also Laramide Orogeny  crust see also crustal shortening; crustal thin- 
Chile, tectonophysics  8: 723-726  6: 551-554  ning; isostasy; shields 
Florida, Quaternary  9: 827-830  Albian  California  2: 123-126; 3: 195-199 
France, plate tectonics  7: 635-638  Dominican Republic  12: 1143-1146  geochemistry  3: 243-246; 4: 335-338 
New Zealand, plate tectonics  11: 1045-1048  France  7: 635-638  continental crust  5: 419-422 
Norway, tectonophysics  10: 901-904  Spain  7: 635-638  7: 663-666; 8: 699-702 
Scotland, tectonophysics  1: 39-42  Angola  7: 659-662  Alaska  11: 968-972 
South Australia, geochronology  10: 941-944  Aptian  Algeria  11: 989-992 
Spain, plate tectonics  7: 635-638  Dominican Republic  : 1143-1146  Alps  8: 675-678 
Victoria Australia, geochronol-  France  7: 635-638  Arizona  3: 267-270; 12: 1119-1122 
ogy  10: 941-944  Spain  7: 635-638  Armenia  11: 989-992 
Washington, plate tectonics  10: 929-932  Arctic Ocean  9: 779-782  Atlantic Ocean  12: 1079-1082 
continentai margin sedimentation  Atlantic Ocean  9: 811-814  Basin and Range Province  12: 1095-1098 
New Jersey, stratigraphy  6: 567-570  Austria  8: 691-694  British Columbia  11: 968-972 
New Zealand  8: 735-738  California  4: 335-338  California  4: 367-370; 11: 989-992 
continental migration see continental drift  Campanian  China  11: 989-992 
continental platform see continental shelf  Colorado  9: 799-802  India  7: 651-654 
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Crustacea * diabase  SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24 
Japan  1: 31-34; 11: 989-992  crystal structure  California  7: 603-606 
Kentucky  2: 151-154  mineralogy  5: 431-434  Nepal  9: 839-842 
Manitoba  10: 909-912  crystalline rocks  Ontario  11: 1033-1036 
Mexico  10: 921-924  structural geology  12: 1103-1106  Switzerland  8: 747-750 
Namibia  6: 503-506  crystalline structure see crystal structure  Italy  6: 483-486; 6: 487-490 
Nepal  9: 839-842  cube spar see anhydrite  Japan, sedimentary petrology  4: 303-306 
Nevada  4: 367-370  Culpeper County Virginia  Namibia  6: 503-506 
New Hampshire  12: 1099-1102  plate tectonics  1: 59-62  plastic deformation, diagenesis  10: 875-878 
New Mexico  12: 1119-1122  currents see bottom currents; ocean currents; tur-  Russian Federation  6: 487-490 
New Zealand  11: 1045-1048  bidity currents  Wyoming, Proterozoic  7: 623-626 
Ontario  11: 1033-1036  Czech Republic see Moravia  degassing 
Scotland  1: 39-42  D/H  Bolivia, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024 
Victoria Australia  7: 631-634  Bolivia, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Chile, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024 
fractures  11: 1025-1028  British Columbia, copper ores  12: 1091-1094  Colombia, geochemistry  6: 531-534 
Greenland, orogeny  5: 471-473  Chile, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  deglaciation 
lower crust  Greenland, geochemistry  6: 523-526  Antarctic Ocean, Quaternary  3: 223-226 
geochemistry  7: 647-650  Quebec, geochemistry  4: 291-294  Florida, Quaternary  9: 827-830 
Pacific Ocean  8: 731-734  Dabie Mountains  Norway, Quaternary  3: 207-210 
magmas  4: 295-298  structural geology  5: 455-458  Delamerian Orogeny 
mineralogy  5: 431-434  dacites  New Zealand  12: 1087-1090 
New Zealand, geochronology  _12: 1087-1090  Bolivia, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  South Australia  10: 941-944 
oceanic crust  5: 419-422; 6: 551-554  Chile, geochemistry  11: 1021-1024  Victoria Australia  10: 941-944 
Atlantic Ocean  1: 71-74  Dalmatia  deltaic sedimentation 
9: 771-774; 9: 803-806; 9:  sedimentary petrology  6: 543-546  California, Cenozoic  9: 783-786 
811-814; 12: 1079-1082;  Damara Orogeny  Europe  6: 543-546 
12: 1139-1142  Namibia, Proterozoic  12: 1115-1118  China, Quaternary  12: 1083-1086 
Brazil  5: 439-442  Dan River basin  Denmark 
Chile  2: 107-110  structural geology  8: 683-686  geochemistry  4: 327-330 
geochemistry  3: 279-283  denudation 
Indian Ocean  9: 803-806  Antarctic Ocean  5: 463-466  New South Wales Australia, geo- 
Pacific Ocean  1: 83-86  data bases see also information systems  chronology  6: 563-566 
8: 703-706; 8: 731-734  foraminifera  3: 215-218  Northern Territory Australia, 
Quebec  4: 291-294  dating, fission-track see fission-track dating  Quaternary  10: 883-887 
Romania  9: 862-864  Dead Sea  desiccation 
Scotland  1: 39-42  geochemistry  3: 284-285  South Australia, Quaternary  7: 619-622 
Pacific Ocean, faults  7: 643-646  Death Valley  detachment see decollement 
Russian Federation, paleomagne-  foliation  7: 603-606  detachment faults 
tism  8: 719-722  frost action  8: 766-767  Atlantic Ocean  9: 811-814 
structural geology  12: 1103-1166  debris avalanches  Barbados, plate tectonics  4: 307-310 
Yemen  2: 131-134  Canary Islands, Quaternary  3: 231-234  California  9: 858-860 
Crustacea see Ostracoda  debris flows  Greenland  5: 471-473 
crustaceans see also ostracods  Mediterranean Sea, ocean floors  3: 239-242  Utah  7: 667-669 
France, Jurassic  9: 847-850  decollement  Wyoming  7: 595-598 
crustal shortening  Atlantic Ocean, tectonophysics  2: 127-130  detrital fan see alluvial fans 
Bolivia  Barbados, plate tectonics  4: 307-310  detrital sedimentation 
plate tectonics  5: 387-390  Utah, structural geology  7: 667-669  Austria, Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
tectonophysics  5: 407-410  Wyoming, structural geology  7: 595-598  Germany, Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
Nevada, tectonics  11: 1037-1040  decompression  Greenland, Cenozoic  11: 1013-1016 
Washington, plate tectonics  10: 929-932  China, structural geology  5: 455-458  Namibia, Proterozoic  12: 1115-1118 
crustal thickening  Mediterranean Sea, petrology  5: 447-450  deuterium see D/H 
Alaska, tectonophysics  11: 968-972  New York, fluid inclusions  2: 147-150  Devils Hole 
British Columbia, tectonophys-  deep earthquakes see deep-focus earthquakes  Quaternary  11: 1017-1020 
ics  11: 968-972  Deep Sea Drilling Project see also IPOD  devolatilization (degassing) see degassing 
California, tectonophysics  4: 367-370  Cretaceous  6: 499-502  Devonian 
Nevada, tectonophysics  4: 367-370  deep seismic sounding  Acadian Phase, Quebec  4: 359-362 
tectonophysics  8: 699-702  Atlantic Ocean, tectonophysics  12: 1079-1082  Europe  10: 871-874 
crustal thinning  Scotland, tectonophysics  1: 39-42  Famennian, Alberta  2: 187-191; 8: 715-718 
Atlantic Ocean, tectonophysics  9: 771-774  deep-focus earthquakes  Frasnian, Alberta  2: 187-191 
Mediterranean Sea, petrology  5: 447-450  Bolivia, plate tectonics  5: 387-390  Givetian 
Taiwan, plate tectonics  10: 949-952  deep-sea fans see submarine fans  China  6: 571-574 
cryptoexplosion features see shatter cones  deep-sea sedimentation  Vietnam  6: 571-574 
crystal fractionation  New Zealand  8: 735-738  Greenland  5: 471-473 
Pacific Ocean, tectonophysics  8: 731-734  deformation see also cleavage; folds; foliation;  New South Wales Australia  12: 1111-1114 
gro  fractures  3: 203-206  Nova Scotia  5: 411-414 
Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948  brittle deformation  11: 1025-1028;  dextral faults see right-lateral faults 
Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948  12: 1103-1106  diabase 
New York, fluid inclusions  2: 147-150  New York  2: 147-150  Canada  4: 319-322 
Utah, Quaternary  8: 763-765  Nova Scotia  5: 411-414  Lesotho, geochronology  6: 535-538 
Wyoming, Proterozoic  7: 623-626  ductile deformation  1: 63-66  South Africa, geochronology  6: 535-538 
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SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 24  Diablo Range * Eocene 
United States  4: 319-322  Dominican Republic  Armenia  11: 989-992 
Diablo Range  plate tectonics  12: 1143-1146  California  11: 989-992 
structural geology  1: 75-78  Dona Ana County New Mexico  China  11: 989-992 
diachronism  Quaternary  1: 87-90  Japan  11: 989-992 
Mediterranean Sea, stratigraphy  4: 363-366  dry delta see alluvial fans  Vanuatu, plate tectonics  1: 27-30 
diagenesis see also silicification  10: 875-878  DSDP see Deep Sea Drilling Project  East Africa see Djibouti; Ethiopia 
Atlantic Ocean  DSDP Site 504  East European Platform see Russian Platform 
geochemistry  10: 897-900  sea-floor spreading  1: 83-86  East Indian Ocean 
ocean floors  9: 843-846  DSDP Site 516  Quaternary  11: 1009-1012 
Austria, stratigraphy  5: 391-394  paleomagnetism  7: 611-614  East Pacific see Costa Rica Rift; Northeast Pa- 
burial diagenesis, Alberta  8: 715-718  DSDP Site 527  cific; Peru-Chile Trench; Southeast Pacific 
Colorado, stratigraphy  9: 799-802  paleomagnetism  7: 611-614  East Pacific Rise 
Florida, Quaternary  9: 827-830; 10: 893-896  DSDP Site 528  tectonophysics  8: 731-734 
France, Jurassic  9: 847-850  paleomagnetism  7: 611-614  Eastern Alps see also Dolomites 
Georgia, geochemistry  10: 925-928  DSDP Site 529  Cretaceous  8: 691-694 
Marshall Islands, geochemistry  10: 945-948  paleomagnetism  7: 611-614  Eastern  Canada  see  Maritime  Provinces; 
Micronesia, geochemistry  10: 945-948  DSDP Site 573  Meguma  Terrane;  Newfoundland;  Ontario; 
Pacific Ocean, geochemistry  10: 897-900  stratigraphy  4: 355-358  Quebec 
Papua New Guinea, ecology  5: 435-438  DSDP Site 574  Ebro Basin 
South Australia, Quaternary  7: 619-622  stratigraphy  4: 355-358  structural geology  2: 175-178 
South Carolina, geochemistry  10: 925-928  DSDP Site 607  Eburnean Orogeny see Pan-African Orogeny 
Spain  1: 35-38  Pliocene  8: 695-698  echinoderms 
Utah, Quaternary  8: 763-765  DSDP Site 610  stratigraphy  4: 381-382 
diagonal lamination see cross-laminations  Pliocene  8: 695-698  eclogite facies 
diamicton  DSS see deep seismic sounding  Italy, geochemistry  8: 711-714 
Antarctic Ocean, Quaternary  3: 223-226  ductile deformation  1: 63-66  ecology see also continental shelf; reefs 
Antarctica, Pliocene  8: 727-730  California  7: 603-606  British Columbia  5: 415-418 
diaphthoresis see retrograde metamorphism  Nepal, heat flow  9: 839-842  Pacific Ocean, Quaternary  9: 807-810 
diapirism  Ontario  : 1033-1036  Puerto Rico, Invertebrata  3: 200-202 
Japan, sedimentary petrology  4: 303-306  Switzerland, Tertiary  8: 747-750  economic geology see base metals; brines; coal; 
mantle  7: 663-666  dune rock see eolianite  copper ores; iron ores; lead-zinc deposits; li- 
Norway, tectonophysics  10: 901-904  Dutch East Indies see Indonesia  monite;  metal  ores;  pegmatite;  potash; rare 
diatom flora  Dutchess County New York  earth deposits;  shale; silver ores;  tungsten 
Antarctic Ocean, Quaternary  3: 223-226  fluid inclusions  2: 147-150  ores; uranium ores; zinc ores 
Antarctica  dykes see dikes  Eemian 
Pliocene  8: 727-730  earthquake prediction  Atlantic Ocean  6: 507-510 
Quaternary  2: 115-118  Algeria, seismology  11: 989-992  effusion 
stratigraphy  3: 235-238  Armenia, seismology  11: 989-992  Hawaii, Quaternary  6: 495-498 
Atlantic Ocean, Quaternary  6: 507-510  California, seismology  11: 989-992  eggstone see oolite 
diatremes  China, seismology  11: 989-992  Egypt 
Arizona, mantle  3: 267-270  engineering geology  2: 183-186  Paleocene  4: 347-350 
diffusion  8: 747-750; 12: 1147-1150  Japan, seismology  11: 989-992  eklogite facies see eclogite facies 
dike swarms  earthquakes see also epicenters; focal mecha-  El] Asnam earthquake 1980 
California  nism; geologic hazards; paleoseismicity;  Algeria  11: 989-992 
neotectonics  9: 858-860  rock mechanics; seismic gaps  Armenia  11: 989-992 
structural geology  11: 973-976  Alaska, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  California  11: 989-992 
Canada  4: 319-322  California  : 123-126  China  11: 989-992 
Mediterranean Sea  5: 447-450  Chile, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  Japan  11: 989-992 
United States  4: 319-322  deep-focus earthquakes, Bolivia  : 387-390  El Paso County Colorado 
Western Australia, metal ores  10: 879-882  El Asnam earthquake 1980  stratigraphy  9: 799-802 
Zimbabwe, metal ores  1: 19-22  Aigeria  : 989-992  E] Paso County Texas 
dilatational wave see P-waves  Armenia  : 989-992  geochemistry  1: 95-96 
Dinantian see also Tournaisian; Visean  California  : 989-992  elastic waves see body waves 
Alberta  5: 467-470  China  : 989-992  electrical properties 
Dinoflagellata  Japan  : 989-992  engineering geology  2: 183-186 
geochemistry  2: 159-162  Indonesia, plate tectonics  1: 27-30  Elphidium excavatum 
dinosaurs  10: 957-959  Landers earthquake 1992, Cali-  Louisiana, geochemistry  3: 227-230 
diorites see ferrodiorite; plagiogranite; tonalite  fornia  : 219-222  en echelon faults 
dip-slip faults  Russian Federation, plate tecton-  Pacific Ocean, Quaternary  9: 807-810 
Maine  3: 251-254  ics  1: 27-30  enamel 
dipyrite see pyrrhotite  San Fernando earthquake 1971  Greenland, Quaternary  5: 477-479 
displacement theory see continental drift  Algeria  11: 989-992  engineering  geology  see  earthquakes;  geologic 
disposal, waste see waste disposal  Armenia  11: 989-992  hazards;  nuclear  facilities;  rock mechanics; 
Djibouti see Asal Rift  California  7: 579-582; 11: 989-992  waste disposal 
dolerite see diabase  China  11: 989-992  environmental  geology see  ecology;  geologic 
Dolomites see Latemar Massif  Japan  11: 989-992  hazards; waste disposal 
domes  Mongolia  7: 579-582  ENZOSS  8: 735-738 
Minnesota  4: 343-346  Spitak earthquake 1988  Eocene  11: 1054-1055 
Norway, tectonophysics  10: 901-904  Algeria  11: 989-992  Alaska  3: 263-266 
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Antarctic Ocean  2: 163-166; 4: 355-358  European Plate see Eurasian Plate  Chile  1: 27-30 
Europe  6: 543-546  eustasy  China  11: 989-992 
France  12: 1067-1070  Italy, Quaternary  8: 743-746  Indonesia  1: 27-30 
Italy  6: 483-486; 6: 487-490  Eutheria see Primates  Japan  11: 989-992 
Lake Gosiute  5: 403-406  evaporites see also potash  Mongolia  7: 579-582 
New Jersey  7: 639-642  Mediterranean Sea, stratigraphy  4: 363-366  Morocco  8: 755-758 
Russian Federation  6: 487-490  metal ores  3: 259-262  Nevada  6: 559-562 
Utah  7: 591-594  Spain, structural geology  1: 67-70  Pacific Ocean  1: 83-86 
Eogene see Paleogene  exhalative processes  Russian Federation  1: 27-30 
eolianite  Atlantic Ocean, metal ores  12: 1147-1150  Vanuatu  1: 27-30 
Bahamas, Quaternary  9: 775-778  exhumation  Washington  12: 1123-1126 
epeiric seas see epicontinental seas  California, faults  6: 547-550  Atlantic Ocean, tectonophysics  9: 771-774 
epeirophoresis theory see continental drift  China, structural geology  5: 455-458  California  6: 547-550 
epicenters  Mediterranean Sea, petrology  5: 447-450  detachment faults 
Bolivia, plate tectonics  5: 387-390  South Australia, geochronology  10: 941-944  Atlantic Ocean  9: 811-814 
India, earthquakes  7: 651-654  Taiwan, orogeny  3: 247-250  Barbados  4: 307-310 
epicontinental seas  Victoria Australia, geochronol-  California  9: 858-860 
Russian Federation, Cambrian  4: 311-314  ogy  10: 941-944  Greenland  5: 471-473 
epidote  exogenous inclusions see xenoliths  Utah  7: 667-669 
Italy, geochemistry  8: 711-714  explosive eruptions  Wyoming  7: 595-598 
epigene processes  Colombia, geochemistry  6: 531-534  dip-slip faults, Maine  3: 251-254 
Queensland Australia, metal  exposure age  en echelon faults, Pacific Ocean  9: 807-810 
ores  2: 155-158  Norway, Quaternary  3: 207-210  extension faults 
Epistominella exigua  Scotland, Quaternary  8: 707-710  Mexico  10: 921-924 
stratigraphy  4: 355-358  Utah, Quaternary  1: 47-51  Pakistan  8: 739-742 
Er Riff see Rif  Wyoming, Quaternary  1: 47-51  high-angle faults 
erosion see also denudation  Exshaw Formation  8: 715-718  Basin and Range Province  12: 1095-1098 
New Mexico, Quaternary  6: 539-542  extension faults  Utah  7: 667-669 
erosion  features see erosion  surfaces; wave-cut  Mexico  10: 921-924  left-lateral faults 
platforms  Pakistan  8: 739-742  Algeria  8: 755-758 
erosion forms see erosion features  extension tectonics  California  11: 973-976 
erosion rates  California, seismology  2: 123-126  Morocco  8: 755-758 
Chile, tectonophysics  8: 723-726  Kentucky  2: 151-154  listric faults, Utah  10: 933-936 
erosion surfaces  Mediterranean Sea, petrology  5: 447-450  low-angle faults 
Mediterranean Sea, stratigraphy  4: 363-366  Utah  10: 933-936  Barbados  4: 307-310 
erosional features see erosion features  facies see amphibolite facies; blueschist facies;  California  2: 123-126 
eruptions see also explosive eruptions; plinian-  eclogite facies; granulite facies; greenschist  Utah  7: 667-669 
type eruptions; volcanic risk; volcanoes  facies  Mexico, geomorphology  6: 527-530 
New Mexico, Quaternary  1: 7-10  facilities, nuclear see nuclear facilities  normal faults 
eruptive rocks see volcanic rocks  Faeroe-Shetland Channel  Atlantic Ocean  1: 71-74; 9: 811-814 
escarpments see scarps  Quaternary  10: 937-940  Basin and Range Province  12: 1095-1098 
Etendeka igneous province  Famennian  California  4: 339-342; 7: 603-606 
Cretaceous  7: 659-662  Alberta  2: 187-18:9 7115-;71 8  Kentucky  2: 151-154 
ethane  Far East see  China;  Indonesia;  Japan;  Korea;  Korea  12: 1071-1074 
4: 351-354  Mongolia; Philippine Islands; Taiwan; Viet-  Mexico  5: 443-446 
nam  Nevada  6: 559-562 
7: 643-646  fault blocks see block structures  Pacific Ocean  1: 83-86 
fault scarps  Pakistan  8: 739-742 
Algeria, plate tectonics  8: 755-758  California, seismology  7: 579-582  Taiwan  3: 247-250 
Morocco, plate tectonics  8: 755-758  Mongolia, seismology  7: 579-582  Utah  7: 667-669; 10: 933-936 
tectonophysics  8: 699-702  Pacific Ocean, tectonophysics  8: 731-734  Virginia  8: 683-686 
Europe see also Alps; Armenia; Carpathians;  fault zones see also rift zones  overthrust faults, Spain  1: 67-70 
Central Europe; Southern Europe; Western  California, foliation  7: 603-606  Pacific Ocean  7: 643-646 
Europe  fractures  11: 1025-1028  reverse faults 
Cretaceous  Maine, tectonics  3: 251-254  Algeria  11: 989-992 
Allgau Alps  8: 691-694  faults see also block structures; deformation;  Argentina  12:  1127-1130 
Variscides  8: 691-694  earthquakes; folds; fractures; geologic haz-  Armenia  11: 989-992 
plate tectonics, Moesian Plat-  ards; gouge; grabens; half grabens; shear  California  11: 989-992 
form  2: 167-170  zones; thrust sheets  China  11: 989-992 
sedimentary petrology  active faults  11: 1025-1028  Japan  11: 989-992 
Dalmatia  6: 543-546  Alaska  1: 27-30  right-lateral faults 
Split  6: 543-546  Algeria  8: 755-758; 11: 989-992  Algeria  8: 755-758 
Silurian  9: 831-834  Argentina  12: 1127-1130  California  3: 219-222 
structural analysis  Armenia  11: 989-992  Morocco  8: 755-758 
Moravia  10: 871-874  California  2: 123-126  Ontario  11: 1033-1036 
Silesia  10: 871-874  3: 219-222; 4: 339-342; 7:  strike-slip faults 
Variscides  10: 871-874  579-582; 9: 783-786; 9:  California  7: 579-582; 11: 973-976 
tectonophysics, Iberian Penin-  858-860; 11: 989-992; 11:  China  5: 427-430 
sula  12: 1079-1082  1041-1044  Gulf of Mexico  1: 3-6 
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