GeoVerse Lab
← Basic Sciences Division

Chemical Oceanography Center

Investigates ocean chemistry and biogeochemical cycling — with particular focus on the ocean's role in global carbon cycling and thermohaline-circulation-driven trace-element transport — by simulating these mechanisms through coupled ocean biogeochemical-circulation models (box models, GCM coupling).

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Research Fields 12
Ocean Carbon Cycle & Air-Sea CO2 Exchange
🌊 Ocean Carbon Cycle & Air-Sea CO2 Exchange
Ocean carbon cycle science in this field concerns the ocean's role in absorbing and buffer…
Thermohaline Circulation & Global Conveyor Chemistry
🌐 Thermohaline Circulation & Global Conveyor Chemistry
This field applies chemical water-mass analysis to trace the deep ocean conveyor circulati…
Trace Element Marine Geochemistry
🧪 Trace Element Marine Geochemistry
Trace element marine geochemistry in this field is the quantitative study of the abundance…
Nutrient Cycling & the Redfield Ratio
🔬 Nutrient Cycling & the Redfield Ratio
This field concerns the stoichiometric relationships between marine biological nutrient up…
Radiocarbon & Radioisotope Oceanography
☢️ Radiocarbon & Radioisotope Oceanography
Radiocarbon and radioisotope oceanography in this field uses radiocarbon and other radiois…
Stable Isotope Paleoceanography
🐚 Stable Isotope Paleoceanography
Stable isotope paleoceanography in this field reconstructs past ocean temperatures and che…
Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry
🌋 Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry
Hydrothermal vent chemistry in this field studies the chemical composition of fluids venti…
Noble Gas & Tracer Oceanography
🎈 Noble Gas & Tracer Oceanography
Noble gas and tracer oceanography in this field uses noble gas and stable isotope tracer t…
Marine Pollution & Trace Metal Contamination
🦪 Marine Pollution & Trace Metal Contamination
Marine pollution and trace metal contamination in this field traces anthropogenic trace me…
Marine Organic Geochemistry
🧬 Marine Organic Geochemistry
Marine organic geochemistry in this field analyzes molecular fossils, complex organic comp…
Physical Chemistry of Seawater & Salinity Standards
🧪 Physical Chemistry of Seawater & Salinity Standards
This field establishes the standard chemical composition and salinity reference frameworks…
Iron Limitation & Micronutrient Chemistry
🦠 Iron Limitation & Micronutrient Chemistry
Iron limitation and micronutrient chemistry in this field examines trace iron availability…