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12.601 Essentials of Planetary Science

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(Subject meets with 12.420)
Prereq: (8.03, 12.002, and 18.03) or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: WF10-11.30 (54-1623)

Reviews fundamental physical concepts pertaining to the study of the solar system, and highlights recent spacecraft results. Topics include: meteorites, orbital dynamics, asteroids, impact craters, surfaces, atmospheres, atmospheric dynamics, interiors, magnetospheres, rings, comets, formation of the solar system.
B. Weiss, J. de Wit
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12.742 Marine Chemistry

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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Videolinked from WHOI. Lecture: TR10.30-12 (E25-605)

An introduction to chemical oceanography. Reservoir models and residence time. Major ion composition of seawater. Inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Cycles of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, and sulfur. Uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the ocean. Material presented through lectures and student-led presentation and discussion of recent papers.
A. Babbin, Adam Subhas (WHOI)
Textbooks (Fall 2024)

Total units: 24

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