Oceanography questions and answers in January 2023

     . upwelling box coast NO? surf U Area = 50km x 500km thermocline U II NO, deep Figure 3. Schematic of the box-model of the upwelling region. U: transport of water into and out of the box (m3 s...
Q) Seawater T, S and density. A water mass parcel starts with a salinity of 30 psu, and a potential density () of 24 kg m-3. Based onthe T-S diagram at the end of the homework (Figure 2), answer the f...
 . P-ratio of phytoplankton from sea level, We got an almost constant ratio of 16. 1 (molN: molP). They wanted to test Redfield's hypothesis Phosphorus (P) and Nitrogen (N) are used for organic matte...
 . 5) Based on the kinetic model, what would happen to the global mean oceanic concentration of magnesium if its concentration in rivers were suddenly to double? And what if instead the river flow we...
Make a bulleted list in chorological order of the main developments in the last century leading up to the theory of modern plate tectonics beginning with Continental Drift. You should include the date...
  What have you learned about the relative time between major events in Earth's history? How did your predictions compare to the actual percentage of time? What did you learn from this exercise?. Ev...
 . 6) From the equation derived in class we know that, at steady state, the upward supply of nutrients has to be balanced by the downward flux of nutrients in organic matter. a) Discuss how the biolo...
Elements                     Criv (river concentration)                 Cod (ocean concentration). (109 mol/kg) (109 mol/kg) P 1,300 2,000 Ca 364,000 10,400,000 Sr 700 81,000 Cd 0.6 ...