Chemical Oceanography

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Credits 3. 2 Lecture Hours. 3 Lab Hours. Chemical and biogeochemical processes in the marine environment and how they relate to the earth system; topics include the role of chemical oceanography in earth system science and global change, interactions of the ocean with the atmosphere, continents and the seafloor; the physical and chemical composition of sea water; chemical speciation; biogeochemical cycles of major, minor, nutrient, trace elements and gases in the oceans; marine organic and isotope geochemistry; sedimentary chemistry and diagenesis. Prerequisite: CHEM 120 .