Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition vii

1 Introduction 1

Part I The Global Journey: Material Sources 7

2 The input of material to the ocean reservoir 9

3 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway 11

4 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway 52

5 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway 83

6 The transport of material to the oceans: relative flux magnitudes 92

Part II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir 125

7 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters 127

8 Air–sea gas exchange 154

9 Nutrients, oxygen, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater 163

10 Particulate material in the oceans 208

11 Trace elements in the oceans 223

12 Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer 253

Part III The Global Journey: Material Sinks 271

13 Marine sediments 273

14 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis 290

15 The components of marine sediments 321

16 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals 352

Part IV The Global Journey: Synthesis 389

17 Marine geochemistry: an overview 391

Index 405

About the Author

Roy Chester recently retired from his post as theProudman Professor of Oceanography in what was then the Departmentof Earth Sciences at the University of Liverpool. During his careerhe wrote over 140 scientific publications, and in 1999 was awardedthe Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal by the Royal Swedish Academy ofSciences. He is also the author of Furnace of Creation,Cradle of Destruction - A journey to the birthplace of Earthquakes,Volcanoes and Tsunamis . Tim Jickells is a marine biogeochemist with over 150publications. He has been based at the University of East Angliafor more than 25 years and before that worked in Bermuda andScotland. His main research interests are in atmospheric inputs tothe oceans and coastal nutrient cycling and his field work hasincluded tropical, temperate and polar environments. He was awardedthe Challenger medal in 2006.

Reviews

The third edition of Marine Geochemistry is an invaluableresource for a wide range of readers from undergraduates toresearchers, providing a concise up to date summary of theinterplay of chemical and biological factors that control oceancheamistry. (Journal of Geological Magazine, 1August 2013 Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduatesthrough professionals in marine sciences. (Choice, 1 May 2013)