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Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the Earth's surface. Life most probably started in ocean and still has a close connection with these huge water reservoirs. From fishing to oil exploration, tourism to wind farming, sustainable utilization of naturally occurring marine resources needs the best science and technology for better efficiency, competitiveness and environmental management. Marine organic geochemistry is the study of the impacts and processes that organisms have had on oceans and marine lives.

Who should take this course?
Aspiring scientists who want to pursue a career as an oceanographer, palaeoocenaographer, marine geochemists, or marine biogeochemists or professionals already working in these fields are the prospective candidates to take this course. Science graduates seeking advanced studies in Marine Organic Geochemistry can also benefit from this course.

What will you learn from this course?
This is a graduate level course that focuses on providing the participants with a global to molecular-level perspective of organic matter cycling in the oceans and marine sediments. In this course you will also get to learn methods for characterization of sedimentary organic matter and application of biological markers as tools in oceanography.

Table of Contents:
- Organic Geochemistry Methods I & II
- DOC, DON, DOP Cycling and Composition
- Introduction to Molecular Markers
- Carbon Isotopes
- Carbon Preservation I & II
- Particulate Organic Carbon Cycling
- Particles, Cape Lookout Bight
- Terrestrial Organic Carbon Inputs to Marine Sediments I & II
- Molecular Markers as Tools
- Radiocarbon in Organic Materials
- Biogeochemical Cycling in Anoxic Marine Sediments I & II
- Organic Phosphorus
- Old Carbon in the Modern Marine Environment
- Organic Chemicals of Environmental Concern
- Chemical and Physical Properties of Contaminants
- Fate of Organic Matter Over Geologic Time

Author Bio:
This course has been jointly prepared by Prof. Daniel Repeta and Prof. Timothy Eglinton. Daniel Repta is a senior scientist. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from University of Rhode Island in 1977 and PhD in Oceanography from MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1982. His research focuses on cycling of dissolved organic matter, structural characterization of biological polymers and geochemistry of photosynthetic pigments.

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