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ON-LINE LECTURE 4
AQUATIC CHEMISTRY
We will now focus on aspects of chemistry that are unique to the aqueous environment.
• Hydrology: study
of water
• Limnology: science
of freshwater
• Oceanography: science of the
ocean
• About 70% of the
Earths surface is
covered with water.
covered with water.
• The total volume
of water stored in the
various reservoirs is 1.4 billion km3.
various reservoirs is 1.4 billion km3.
• The hydrologic
cycle links the various
reservoirs in the hydrosphere.
reservoirs in the hydrosphere.
