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Australia
fluvial sediment discharge, 82
paleoflood records, 88
paleohydrological studies, 92-93
preserved paleochannels, 87
Australian Desert, 117
B
Bacterial activity
association with temperature and mineral dissolution, 39
Bactericides, 127
Baffin Island
glaciated coastlines, sediment flux, 106-111
Baltic Sea
sediment accumulation rates, 20
Bathymetry, 103
Bengal Delta, 83
Benthic flux chambers, 144-147
Benthic sediment flux
diagenetic flux and sedimentation, 143-160
ocean sediment rain and burial, 125-141
Benthic storms, 10 , 139
Bering Sea
sediment mass and accumulation rates, 21
Biogenic debris, 131 , 139-140
Biogenic materials
carbon removal from ocean, 139-140
ocean sediment biogenic aggregation, 136-139
silica flux, 101
Biostratigraphy, 108
Black Sea
fluvial sediment discharge, 80
sediment mass and accumulation rates, 21
Black Waters, 63
Brahmaputra River
sediment discharge, 76
Brahmaputra River, 83
British Columbia, 87
Burdekin River, 82
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 158
C
Calcite, 135
Calcium
weathering rate, 39-40
Calcium compensation depth, 57
California Current
ocean sediment rain and burial, 127-141
Canadian Arctic
glaciated coastlines, sediment flux, 106-112
Canadian Rockies, 52
Canadian Shield
erosion by Laurentide Ice Cap, 24
Cape Lookout Bight, 155
Carbon
benthic diagenetic flux, 147-151
organic carbon as acidity source, 42
organic carbon ocean burial efficiency, 156-159
organic carbon ocean rain and burial, 129-141
removal of carbon from ocean, 139
Carbon dioxide
atmosphere and water acidity, 38 , 40-42
climate, weathering, and carbon dioxide, 54-55
glacial meltwater, 52
low atmospheric concentration and ocean carbon transfer, 132
Carbonate minerals
benthic diagenetic flux and sedimentation, 147-160
dissolution and weathering rates, 35-40
glaciated coastlines, sediment flux, 110-111
ocean sediment rain and burial, 129-141
rivers, dissolved elements and sediment, 66-68
sea level rises and falls, effect on sedimentation, 22-23
sediment accumulation rates, 19
Caribbean
benthic diagenetic flux and sedimentation, 149
Catastrophic events, 7
cataclysmic floods, 88 , 90-94
effect on chemical weathering, 30
Caucasus Mountains, 80
fluvial sediment discharge, 83
Chao Phya River, 82
Chemical reactions
organic carbon degradation at seafloor, 145-160
Chemical weathering, 8
France, 63
glacial time scale, 46-58
Pleistocene-Holocene rates, 15-25
rates of dissolution and weathering, 30-43
China
eolian dust transport and deposition, 117 , 118
paleoflood records, 88
China Loess Plateau, 120
Chira River, 79
Clastic sediments, 23
Clasts, 53
Clathrates, 9
Clay, 129-130
glaciated coastlines, sediment sources, 108-111
Climatic changes
carbon dioxide, weathering, and climate, 54-55
glacial sediment transport, 55-56
ice age and present, 47-48
tectonic activity and climate, 24-25
Cold regions
rivers, dissolved elements and sediment, 71
Colorado River, 76 , 78
Columbia River, 87-88
sediment discharge from Mount St. Helens, 84
Commission on Global Continental Paleohydrology (GLOCOPH), 90
Continental glaciation, 4
chemical weathering, 46-58
effect on forests, 55
glacial cataclysmic floods, 89-94
glacial-interglacial alternations, effect on sedimentation, 24
ice sheet temperature dynamics and water production, 51-53
Neoglaciation and paraglaciation, sediment flux, 105
sediment transport and deposition, 24
Continental margins, 5
active/passive margins and sedimentation, 83-84
benthic diagenic flux and sedimentation, 148-150
high-latitude glaciated, sediment flux, 100-113
Continental rises
sediment mass and accumulation rates, 18-19
Continental shelf, 6
sediment accumulation rates, 22
high-latitude glaciated margins, sediment flux, 100-113
ice age exposure, 48-49
Cooper River, 82
Cooperative Holocene Mapping Project (COHMAP)
paleohydrological mapping, 93