164 Key Terms

Number in parenthesis indicates the chapter number where this word is found in the printed volume and in the PDF version.

14C-dating (32)

A
acetate (36)
acetate metabolism (36)
acoustic log (20)
acoustic velocity (19)
Adenosine 5’ Triphosphate (37)
advection (12, 22)
Al/Ti ratio (14)
alkanes (5)
ammonium (17)
amount of gas hydrate (6)
anaerobic methane oxidation (8, 9, 29, 30)
anhysteretic remanence (38)
Aragonite (29)
Atlantic Ocean (19)
ATP (37)
Atterberg Limits (40)
authigenic (14)
authigenic carbonate (29, 30)

B
bacteria (37)
bacterial populations (36)
biostratigraphy (33)
Blake Outer Ridge (24)
Blake Ridge (4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 30, 34, 35, 39)
Blake Ridge Diapir (29)
Bottom Simulating Reflector (3, 26, 27)
bromide/iodide ratio (12)
BSR (3, 6, 44)

C
calcareous nannofossil (33)
calcite (15)
Cape Fear Slide (32)
capillary forces (23)
Carbon (21)
carbon isotope (3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 29)
Carbon isotopes (d13C) (7)
carbon isotopic composition (2)
carbonate diagenesis (13, 29, 30)
carbonate precipitation (29)
carbonates (15)
central gyre (33, 35)
chlatrate (44)
chloride anomaly (6)
chloride concentration (44)
chlorine isotopes (12)
clathrate cage size (23)
clathrate hydrates (22)
climate change (19)
Cl-isotopic fractionation (12)
cluster analysis (14)
coercivity (38)
cold seep (29)
color data (31)
compressibility (44)
concentration (44)
consolidation (40)
continental margins (30, 32)
correlation (14)
coupling factor (44)

D
deep towed seismic (26)
demagnetization (39)
density (44)
Deuterium (dD) (7)
diagenetic model (9)
diapir (3, 38)
diatoms (23, 35)
differential pressure (44)
diffussion (12)
dissolved CO2 (9)
dissolved inorganic Carbon (7)
distribution of gas (27)
distribution of hydrate (27)
dolomite (15, 29, 30)
downhole logging (25)
downhole logs (19)
downhole temperature (26)

E
electrical resistivity (19)
equilibrium dissociation (2)
estimation (20)
ethane (3, 5)
existing status (14)

F
faunal assemblages (34)
Florisphaera profunda (33)
fluid conduits (29)
fluid flux (26)
flux conduits (26)
free gas (19)

G
gas composition (4)
gas hydrate (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 29, 38)
gas hydrate detection (19)
gas hydrate dissociation (4)
gas hydrate gas composition (4)
gas hydrate gas volume (4)
gas hydrate saturations (19)
gas hydrate volume (19)
gas hydrates (22, 24, 30, 32)
gas pathway (16)
gas release (10, 42)
gas source (16)
gas volume (19)
gassy sediments (27)
geochemical logging (21)
geochemistry (14, 15)
geothermal gradient (44)
Granulometric analysis (24)
greigite (38)
Gulf Stream (34)
gyre margin (33, 35)

H
hazard (19)
heat flux (26)
helium (16)
high resolution seismic (26)
Hole 997A (34)
horizon (44)
hydrate (21)
hydrate concentration (20)
hydrate concentration mechanisms (26)
hydrate crystal (23)
hydrate dissociation (26)
hydrate distribution (26)
hydrate formation (26)
hydrate saturations (21)
hydrates (21)
hydration number (2)
hydrocarbon gas composition (4)
hydrogen isotopic composition (2)
hydrogenous (14)
hysteresis (38)

I
ice (44)
in situ methane (10, 11)
index properties (40)
inertinite (5)
interstitial water chemistry (6)
inversion (44)
isoprenoids (5)
isotopic anomaly (6)
isotopic fractionation (2)

K
krypton (16)

L
late Miocene (15)
lattice constant (2)
liptinite (5)
lithology (21)
loss on ignition (14)
lower photic-zone (33)

M
magnetic declination, vs. depth (39)
magnetic diugenesis (38)
magnetic inclination, vs. depth (39)
magnetic intensity, vs. depth (39)
magnetic polarity zone (39)
magnetic susceptibility (38)
magnetite (38)
magnetostratigraphy, Pleistocene-Pliocene (39)
magntostratigraphy – nannofossil datum correlation (39)
major element (14)
marine sediments (37)
methane (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16)
methane flux (9)
methane hydrate (23)
methane hydrate (26)
methane hydrates (27)
methane oxidation (36)
methanogenesis (7, 9, 13, 30, 36)
Microbial Carbonate Reduction (7)
microbial origin (3)
mineralogy (21)
mixing model (9)
modeling (22)
Multichannel Seismic (MCS) Data (44)

N
neon (16)
Neutron spectroscopy (21)
nitrogen isotopes (17)
Nitrogen isotopes (d15N) (7)
NMR spectrometry (2)
nonnofossil-rich clay (44)
nutriclime (33)

O
occurrence of gas hydrate (19)
ODP Site 997 (17)
organic matter (37)
overconsolidation (40)
oxygen (21)
oxygen isotope (13,18, 29)
oxygen isotopic composition (2, 6)
oxygen isotopic fractionation (6)

P
Paleoceanographic changes (34)
paleoproductivity (33)
parosity (23)
particle size distribution (37)
permeability (23)
picking (44)
planktonic foraminifera (34)
pleistocene (32)
pore fluids (29)
pore water (6, 9, 17, 22)
pore water chemistry (30)
pore water chlorinity (24)
porosity (44)
preconsolidation stress (40)
pressure vessel (11, 42)
primary production (35)
productivity (35)
propane (3, 5)
proportion (44)
proxy measurements (25)
pyrite (38)

Q 

quality factor (27)
quarternary (15)

R
Raman spectroscopy (2)
resolution (44)
rigidity (44)
rock magnetism (38)

S
salinity (44)
saturation (44)
scavenged Al (14)
sea level (35)
sea level lowstands (32)
sediment gas (4)
sediment grain-size (24)
sediment porosities (21)
sediment wave (44)
sedimentary organic matter (17)
seismic attenuation (27)
seismic section (25)
seismic velocity of hydrate (26)
shear modulus (44)
siderite (30)
siliceous microfossils (23)
simulated annealing (27)
simulation (22)
Site 533 (24)
Site 994 (24, 39)
Site 995 (24, 39)
Site 997 (24, 39)
small Gephyrocapsa (33)
small placolith (33)
species diversity (34)
spectragram (27)
spectral data (31)
spectral modeling (27)
stable isotopes (7, 30)
strength (40)
stress history (40)
Strontium isotopes (29)
submarine landslide (32)
subtropical Atlantic conditions (34)
subtropical gyre margin (34)
sulfate (3, 9)
sulfate flux (9)
sulfate gradients (9)
sulfate reduction (8, 9, 30, 36)
sulfate-methane interface (9)
sulfur diagenesis (13)
sulfur isotopes (9)

T
terrigenous (14)
terrigenous sediments (44)
the last 2.15 m.y. (34)
theoretical velocity (44)
thermal conductivity (of gas hydrate) (2)
thermodynamic modeling (26)
thymidine incorporation (36)
tomography (44)
trace element (15)
triaxial test (40)
triterpenoids (5)

U
Umbilicosphaera aequiscutum (33)
upper photic-zone (33)
upwelling (33, 34)

V
velocity (20)
vertical seismic profile (26, 27)
very small placolith (33)
vitrinite (5)
 

W
weighted equation (20)
Western Boundary Undercurrent (35)

X
xenon (16)
X-ray CT image (2)
XRF (14)

Z
Zijderveld diagram (39)