Sedimentary Biogeochemistry

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. An interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex processes that occur near the marine sediment-water interface in marine and estuarine environments. Composition of marine sediments, pore water chemistry, role of organisms in chemical transformations and pelagic-benthic coupling. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycling in sediments. Modeling biogeochemical processes at the sediment-water interface and during early burial diagenesis. Prerequisites: OCNG 620 and OCNG 640 or approval of instructor.