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Marine Chemistry

3-0-9 units · Graduate

An introduction to chemical oceanography. Reservoir models and residence time. Major ion composition of seawater. Inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.

Fall 2006

This course is an introduction to chemical oceanography. It describes reservoir models and residence time, major ion composition of seawater, inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.

Readings

  • Pilson, Michael E. Q. An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Sea . Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780132589710.
    Listed reading
  • Libes, Susan M. An Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry . New York, NY: Wiley, 1992. ISBN: 9780471509462.
    Listed reading
  • Berner, Elizabeth Kay, and Robert A. Berner. Global Environment: Water, Air, and Geochemical Cycles . Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN: 9780133011692.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3-0-9 units

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