Oceanography 400 - Autumn 2001
Chemical Oceanography
Instructor: Professor Jim Murray
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The lecture notes are detailed notes of the material covered in class and are the main reading material. The chapters in Libes pointed out in the Class Schedule are to be considered more as supplemental material.  

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Chapter 1
 General introduction to chemical oceanography. 
Chapter 3
 Properties of water and seawater. 
Chapter 4
 Major ions of seawater. 
Chapter 5
 Chemical Equilibrium. 
Chapter 6
 Activity scales and activity corrections. 
Chapter 2
 Mass balance - the cornerstone of chemical oceanography 
Chapter 2 - appendix
 Overview of the ocean circulation 
Chapter 7
 What controls the composition of riverwater and seawater: Equilibrium versus kinetic ocean 
Chapter 8
 Biological production 
Chapter 9
 Respiration 
Chapter 10
 Biolimiting elements 
Chapter 11
 Gas exchange 
Chapter 12
 Acids and bases 
Chapter 13
 Ocean carbonate system 
Chapter 14
 Particle flux 
Chapter 15
 The redox sequence and sediment diagenesis 
Chapter 16
 Isotope geochemistry 
Chapter 17
 Radiocarbon and ocean age 
Chapter 18
 U-Th series isotopes - scavenging 

Contact: Benjamin Van Mooy , bvm@ocean.washington.edu

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Last Update: October 2, 2001