GEOL 465 - Physical and Chemical Oceanography

(3 units)

Prerequisites: CHEM 111A or CHEM 112A.

Recommended: PHYS 100A or PHYS 151.
Physics and chemistry of the oceans; carbon cycle; nutrients; minor and trace elements in sea water; water masses and currents; physical concepts of ocean circulation.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)