CH3044:03
Chemical Oceanography
Townsville
Prerequisites: CH1000 or (CH1001 CH1002)
36 lectures, 36 practicals. Second semester.
Staff: Dr G Jones.
The ocean as a chemical system, salinity, density, heat budget, circulation of the world’s oceans. Dissolved gases and air-sea exchange, carbon dioxide, the carbonate system, greenhouse effect and global warming. Dimethylsulphide, the sulphur cycle, halon gas chemistry and climate change. Trace elements in seawater and sediments. Adsorption/desorption in the sea. Estuarine chemistry. Chemical and ecological effects of oil pollution. Radioisotopes in the study of marine processes.
Learning Objectives:
- to help students understand the basic principles of chemical oceanography and to obtain an introduction to research in this discipline.
Assessment by a three-hour examination (60%), assignment and laboratory practical work (40%).
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