The course looks at the oceans' and is an introduction to marine chemistry. The sub-topics of this lecture includes: ocean dynamic topography, ocean temperature and salinity; oceanic circulation;  thermohaline circulation, carbon cycle,  composition of sea water; variations of sea water through time, hot vents and cold seeps, ferromanganese nodules, gas hydrates, radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Nd) in the oceans; U-disequilibrium dating and sedimentation rates.

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Marine_1 Introduction