Lectures 19: Alkalinity and DIC

1. The carbonate system
2. Alkalinity
   1. Examples
3. Carbonate Saturation

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An exercise: relative abundance of carbon species in seawater

CO2, Alkalinity, and DIC

Alkalinity: real world examples

Alkalinity: real world examples

CO2, Alkalinity, and DIC

Carbonate Saturation State