YSB 565E - Marine Geochemistry

Course Objectives

Course Onjectives;
1. Types of marine environments
2. Chemical and physical properties of seawater
3. Biological processes and Element Cycles
4. Marine Sediments and Marine Microfossils
5. Paleoarchives

Course Description

Marine Geochemistry is a research field that covers the ongoing processes marine chemical, physical, biologic and geologic process controlling mechanisms of marine environment. This course introduces students the seawater chemistry and sediments, formation, alteration, deposition and diagenetic processes. In this course, element cycles (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus), climate, paleoclimate and paleoenvironment fields are also introduced.