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GEOL 7830/7930 BIOGEOCHEMISTRY |
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Biogeochemistry is an interdisciplinary science that examines the role of biological processes in mediating the geological and chemical dynamics of the Earth's hydrosphere and lithosphere. The integrative nature of biogeochemical studies requires the application of tools from a variety of scientific disciplines including microbiology, biochemistry, geochemistry, ecology, hydrology, mathematics, physics and many others.
This course examines the control and function
of the Earth's global biogeochemical cycles. This course reviews the
basic inorganic and organic chemistry of biologically significant elements, and
then considers the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nutrients, and metals that
take place in soils, sediments, rivers, the oceans and atmosphere. Topics
include weathering, acid-base chemistry, biological redox processes, nutrient
cycling, trace gas fluxes, bio-active metals, the use of isotopic tracers, and
mathematical models. Interactions between global biogeochemical cycles and
other components of the Earth system are discussed.
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Instructor: Dr. D. Reide Corbett
Office: Graham Bldg. Rm. 201c
Telephone: 328-1367
E-mail: corbettd@mail.ecu.edu |
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