Marine Chemistry

Japanese: 海洋化学 - かいようかがく
Marine Chemistry

...The aim is to clarify the processes and mechanisms of phenomena and to predict them. Oceanography is a broad field, but in terms of natural sciences, its main pillars are physical oceanography, marine chemistry, marine geology, and marine biology. Physical oceanography deals with the physical properties and distribution of seawater and its movement, marine chemistry deals with the chemical properties and transformation processes of various substances in seawater, marine geology deals with the geological and geophysical properties and movement of seafloor sediments and the crust below, and marine biology deals with the ecology and physiology of organisms in seawater and on the seafloor. ...

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "marine chemistry" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このようにして,現象の過程や機構を明らかにし,現象の予測を行うことがねらいである。 海洋学の分野は広いが,自然科学については,海洋物理学,海洋化学,海洋地学,海洋生物学が最も主要な柱である。海洋物理学では,海水の物理的性質とその分布および海水の運動等を,海洋化学では海水中の諸物質の化学的性質と変質過程等を,海洋地学では海底堆積物とその下方の地殻の地質・地球物理学的性質や運動等を,海洋生物学では海水中や海底の生物の生態や生理等を取り扱う。…

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出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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