Academic Catalog

MASC545 ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY AND PROCESSES

Course Code:	9500545
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:	Prof.Dr. SEMAL YEMENÝCÝOÐLU
Offered Semester:	Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Definitions, formation, estuary classification. Physical and chemical processes in estuaries, material transport in to the estuaries; major elements and nutrients, their average abundances in estuarine waters; the reactions and speciation of trace elements; organics and biochemistry of estuaries; some aspects of estuarine sedimentary processes; human impact on estuaries.