Academic Catalog

MASC512 INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Course Code:	9500512
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
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 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.