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Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and pH Alkalinity and pH OCN 623 – Chemical Oceanography Reading: Libes, Chapter 15, pp. 383 – 394 (Remainder of chapter: “Biogenic production, carbonate saturation and sediment distributions”) Outline Outline 1. CO2 speciation 2. pH 3. Alkalinity 4. Calculation of composition of marine CO2 system 5. Oceanographic applications 6. Global CO2