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Author:   James W. Murray (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   1.503kg
ISBN:  

9780198815495

ISBN 10:   0198815492
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   24 July 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Overview of Ocean Distributions and Circulation 3: Mass Balance: The Cornerstone of Chemical Oceanography 4: Properties of Water and Seawater 5: Chemical Equilibrium 6: Activity Scales and Activity Corrections 7: Major Components, Salinity, and Density of Seawater 8: Major Macronutrients 9: Marine Trace Element Biogeochemistry 10: Trace Element Distributions and Controlling Processes in the Ocean 11: Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Reactions and Calculations 12: Ocean Carbonate Distributions 13: Gases and Gas Exchange 14: Oxidation-Reduction Reactions 15: Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Environments 16: What Controls the Composition of River Water and Seawater: Equilibrium versus Kinetic Ocean 17: Global Ocean Cycles of Mg, Si, P, N, C, O₂, and Fe

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Ocean chemistry for the 21st century. Based on 45 years of teaching this book takes the field well beyond traditional equilibrium models and uses new and important results from tracer geochemistry, and novel experiments, to shed light on the critical rate processes at ocean boundaries. Newly introduced here is the molecular structure of sea water, thus providing insight into the molecular basis for many of the bulk property coefficients for sea water that are now commonly used. * Peter G. Brewer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute * Murray offers distinctive insights into the pathways of chemical elements and their compounds in the ocean, rooted in fundamental understanding of seawater physical chemistry. The comprehensive book spans from classical to cutting-edge topics, making it an essential textbook for both undergraduate and graduate students. * Kitack Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology * An advanced understanding of aquatic chemistry has never been more important. This book provides an excellent combination of fundamental knowledge required for any aquatic geochemist, and applied problems that allow students to employ their understanding in a quantitative framework. The introductory chapters set the stage for the interdisciplinary nature of geochemistry, while the subsequent chapters provide a detailed description of key aspects of aquatic chemistry. The chapter on trace metals is particularly valuable, as no oceanography textbook to date has incorporated the vast knowledge afforded by the GEOTRACES program. * Randelle Bundy, University of Washington *

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James W. Murray, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has taught courses in the School of Oceanography on aquatic and chemical oceanography since 1973. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in 1973. He was Founding Director of the UW Program on Climate Change in 2001 and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.

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