Intro to Ocean Chemistry

Roman de Jesus

SUNY at Stony Brook,
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University with graduate programs, including doctoral programs
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Summary

Chemical principles applied to the study of the oceans. How chemical tracers are used to determine the geological, physical, and biological characteristics of present and past oceans. Other topics include physical marine chemistry, nutrient and carbon cycling, organic geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, sediment chemistry and diagenesis, air-sea exchange and controls on carbon dioxide, and estuarine geochemistry.


Course Size:
15-30

Course Context:

This is a required upper division course for marine science majors as part of the oceanography 'core'.

Assessment


Syllabus:

Intro to Ocean Chemistry (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 22kB May31 13)