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MIT 12.742 Marine Chemistry, Fall 2006
Instructor: Karen Casciotti
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This lecture introduces marine sediments as a crucial but often overlooked part of chemical oceanography. Although the sediment surface layer is only 10–20 cm thick, it acts as a major interface between the ocean water column and buried sediments—similar in importance to the air–sea boundary or estuaries.

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