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Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography

This note covers the following topics: Properties of water and seawater, Major ions of seawater, Chemical Equilibrium, Activity scales and activity corrections, s balance - the cornerstone of chemical oceanography, Biological production, Respiration, Biolimiting elements, Gas exchange, Acids and bases, Ocean carbonate system, Particle flux, The redox sequence and sediment diagenesis, Isotope geochemistry, Radiocarbon and ocean age.

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