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Radiation:
absorption in pure water, 80, 81
illustrated, 105, 106
absorption in sea water (see Radiation, extinction coefficients)
effective back, 111–113
extinction coefficients, 82, 84, 85
cause, 87, 88
influence of sun's altitude on, 86, 87
of total energy, 106, 107
from sun and sky, 101–104
heating due to absorption of, 108–110
long-wave, 98
measurements of extinction, 82, 83
nocturnal (see Radiation, effective back)
reflection from ice and snow, 113
reflection from sea surface, 104
scattering, 87
short-wave, 98
solar constant, 102
“surface loss,” 106
Radioacoustic ranging, 341
Radioactive elements, 184
in sediments, 1033–1035
Radiolaria:
reproduction, 319
systematic position, 305
Radiolarian ooze (see Pelagic sediments):
areas covered by, 977
color, 979
depth range, 978
distribution, 975, 976
inorganic constituents, 984, 986–988
organic constituents, 983, 986
radium content, 1034
― 1073 ―Radium, 184
in sediments, 1033–1035
Red clay (see Pelagic sediments):
areas covered by, 977
chemical composition, 991, 992
color, 979
content of organic matter, 1015
depth range, 978
distribution, 975, 976
inorganic constituents, 984, 986–988
iron content, 1030–1032
manganese content, 1029, 1030
organic constituents, 983, 984
phosphorus content, 1030, 1032, 1033
radium content, 1034
rate of sedimentation, 1039
texture, 980–982
Red Sea:
currents, 687–690
oxygen content, 688
water masses, 687, 688
Red Sea water, spreading of, 693, 695, 745
Reducing capacity, 212
in sediments, 996
Red water, 89
Refractive index, 70, 71
Relative relief, 19
Reproduction (see also Life cycles):
related to temperature, 846–849
types, 315
Reproductive distribution, 315
Resting spores in diatoms, 299
Rip currents, 537
importance to beach sediments, 1017, 1018
River water, composition of, 214–216
Rotifera, synopsis of, 307
Roughness length, 479
of sea bottom, 480
of sea surface, 491
Rubidium, 182