'Carbonate compensation' presentation slideshows

Chemical Oceanography

Chemical Oceanography. Lecture 3: 5/30/2014. Salinity. Definition: weight of inorganic salts in one kg of seawater There are many ions and salts in seawater, but they are never the dominant mass. Inputs. Outputs. Weathering: the physical & chemical processes that break down rock.

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Origin and Distribution of Marine Sediments

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Sea Sediments

Sea Sediments. Match the type with origins Cosmogenous 1. dissolved elements Hydrogenous 2. erosion Biogenous 3. dust from space Terrogenous or 4. shells Lithogenous. Cosmogenous: cosmic dust Hydrogenous: dissolved elements such as the manganese nodules with lots of iron.

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