IIce (see Sea ice) Icebergs:
in the Antarctic, 624, 625 in the Arctic, 667, 668 prediction of drift, 668 transporting sedimentary debris, 953, 1043
Indian Ocean:
boundaries, 11 currents, 695–697 oxygen distribution, 697, 698 water masses, 690–695
Indicator species, 791–792, 793, 847, 849, 862–863, 865–867 Individual population succession, 384 Individual time change, 157 Inertia, circle of, 437 motion in, 438, 439
Inorganic precipitates in sediments, 951, 952 Insects, 310 Insular shelf, formation of, 24 Internal waves, 586 comparison between theory and observations, 597–600 currents associated with, 588–590, 594 effect of Corioli's force, 595, 596 effect on results of dynamic computation, 601, 602 importance to mixing, 601 long, 587 observations, 591–595 short, 586 standing, 600, 601 where density varies continuously, 589–591
Interstitial water, 995 Intertidal zone, 276 animals of, 276, 840, 844
Iodine, 183 Ionic activity, 203–205 Ionic product, 205 of calcium carbonate, 205–207, 999
Irminger Current, 682 Irminger Sea, water masses of, 682, 683 Iron, 183 as a limiting factor for diatoms, 769 in red clay, 1031, 1032 precipitation of, 952, 1031, 1032
Isentropic surfaces, 415, 416 Isobaric surfaces, 390, 440 absolute topography, 456, 457 inclination, 410–412, 440 relative topography, 412, 413, 452–455 illustrated, 454, 726
Isobaths, 16 Isotopes in sea water, 47, 49
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