MASC512 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
| Course Code: | 9500512 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Graduate School of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. KORAY ÖZHAN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Aim of the Introduction to Chemical Oceanography courses is:
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To introduce the basic concepts used in chemical oceanography
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To provide general concepts on differences of oceans and seas and their causes
- Explain behaviour, distribution and cycling of major and minor elements, nutrients and gases in the oceans
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To provide background knowledge to undertake more advanced courses dealing with marine chemistry and ocean biogeochemical processes
Course Content
Principal physical and chemical properties of water and sea water; chemical composition of sea water; conservative/nonconservative and dissolved/ particulate components of sea water; source and sink terms; processes in the sea; nutrient and carbon cycles in the oceans; standard methods for chemical analysis of sea water.
Course Learning Outcomes
Undestanding the basic concepts of chemical ocenaography
Explore differences among oceans and seas and their reasons
Learn about processes that govern the distribution of chemical substances in the water column and the sediment
Ability to describe what processes dominating spatio-temporal distributions of conservative and non-conserbvative properties in the sea
Ability to have scientific evaluation of chemical data obtained in the sea, considering the processes controlling their concentrations in the marine environments
Understanding general features of seas in Turkey