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Dissolved gases in sea water

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The atmosphere is the major source of gases to sea water. The atmosphere itself consists of a mixture of major, minor and trace gases, and the abundances of a number of these are given in Table 8.1. The ocean can act as either a source or a sink for atmospheric gases. The gases enter or leave the ocean via exchange across the air/sea interface, and are transported within the ocean reservoir by physical processes.

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Chester, R. (1990). Dissolved gases in sea water. In: Marine Geochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9488-7_8

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