Roy Chester recently retired from his post as the Proudman Professor of Oceanography in what was then the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Liverpool. During his career he wrote over 140 scientific publications, and in 1999 was awarded the Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 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 150 publications. He has been based at the University of East Anglia for more than 25 years and before that worked in Bermuda and Scotland. His main research interests are in atmospheric inputs to the oceans and coastal nutrient cycling and his field work has included tropical, temperate and polar environments. He was awarded the Challenger medal in 2006.

“The third edition of Marine Geochemistry is an invaluable resource for a wide range of readers from undergraduates to researchers, providing a concise up to date summary of the interplay of chemical and biological factors that control ocean cheamistry.”  (Journal of Geological Magazine, 1 August 2013“Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in marine sciences.”  (Choice, 1 May 2013)

• Preface to the Third Edition vii1 Introduction 1Part I The Global Journey: Material Sources 72 The input of material to the ocean reservoir 93 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway 114 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway 525 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway 836 The transport of material to the oceans: relative flux magnitudes 92Part II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir 1257 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters 1278 Air–sea gas exchange 1549 Nutrients, oxygen, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater 16310 Particulate material in the oceans 20811 Trace elements in the oceans 22312 Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer 253Part III The Global Journey: Material Sinks 27113 Marine sediments 27314 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis 29015 The components of marine sediments 32116 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals 352Part IV The Global Journey: Synthesis 38917 Marine geochemistry: an overview 391Index 405

Roy Chester recently retired from his post as the Proudman Professor of Oceanography in what was then the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Liverpool. During his career he wrote over 140 scientific publications, and in 1999 was awarded the Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 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 150 publications. He has been based at the University of East Anglia for more than 25 years and before that worked in Bermuda and Scotland. His main research interests are in atmospheric inputs to the oceans and coastal nutrient cycling and his field work has included tropical, temperate and polar environments. He was awarded the Challenger medal in 2006.

“The third edition of Marine Geochemistry is an invaluable resource for a wide range of readers from undergraduates to researchers, providing a concise up to date summary of the interplay of chemical and biological factors that control ocean cheamistry.”  (Journal of Geological Magazine, 1 August 2013“Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in marine sciences.”  (Choice, 1 May 2013)

• Preface to the Third Edition vii1 Introduction 1Part I The Global Journey: Material Sources 72 The input of material to the ocean reservoir 93 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway 114 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway 525 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway 836 The transport of material to the oceans: relative flux magnitudes 92Part II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir 1257 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters 1278 Air–sea gas exchange 1549 Nutrients, oxygen, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater 16310 Particulate material in the oceans 20811 Trace elements in the oceans 22312 Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer 253Part III The Global Journey: Material Sinks 27113 Marine sediments 27314 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis 29015 The components of marine sediments 32116 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals 352Part IV The Global Journey: Synthesis 38917 Marine geochemistry: an overview 391Index 405