Minerals venting from the seafloor provide chemosynthetic sustenance for bacteria, some of Earth's earliest life. (Image courtesy of P. Rona, OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP), and NOAA.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Benjamin Van Mooy
Prof. Daniel Repeta
MIT Course Number
12.759
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
The structure of the course is designed to have students acquire a broad understanding of the field of Marine Chemistry; to get a feel for experimental methodologies, the results that they have generated and the theoretical insights they have yielded to date.