Oceanography 400 - Winter 2009
Chemical Oceanography
Instructor: Professor James W. Murray
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The Power Point files show the slides that will be used in the numbered lectures. 

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What is chemical oceanography? Themes to be developed. 
Lecture 2
Major Ions of Seawater
Lecture 3 Trace Elements in Seawater
Controls on the Composition of Seawater
Paper #1
Paper Discussion #1: Sinks for Anthropogenic Carbon
(Sarmiento and Gruber, 2002)
Stable Isotopes
Radioactive Isotopes and Decay
Gases and Gas Exchange
Lecture 7 (2009) Gases, Gas Exchange, 222Rn calibration
Tracers for Gas Exchange
Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Reactions
Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Ocean Distributions
Paper Discussion #2 Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem
(Doney et al., 2009)
Lecture 11 Principles of Mass Balance
Primary Production -Nutrient Stoichiometry
Biological Production - Chemical Tracers
234Th and Export Production
Redox reactions and Sedimentary Diagenesis
Lecture 16 Respiration
Lecture 17 Ocean Ventilation and Oxygen Distibutions
Lecture 18 Iron Distributions and Controls
Lecture 18 (pdf) Iron Distributions and Controls
Paper #3 Paper Discussion #3 Mesoscale Iron Enrichment Experiments 1993-2005: Synthesis and Future Directions (Boyd et al, 2007)
Ocean Nitrogen Cycle
Paper #4 Paper Discussion #4: Marine Microorganisms and Global Nutrient Cycles (Arrigo, 2005)

Contact: Jim Murray , jmurray@u.washington.edu

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Last Update: February 18, 2009