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12.742 Marine Chemistry | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

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.

Keywords:: carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, ocean particles, water column processes, Geochemistry, ocean particle transport, Oceanography, Hydrodynamics, Geobiology, seawater composition, carbon, sediment chemistry, chemical oceanography, sulfur, phosphorus, biogeochemical cycling

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Science and Technology / Geoscience

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: September 12, 2019
Author:: Martin, William
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Graduate School
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Language:: English
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