Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3603-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3603-2021
Model description paper
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15 Jun 2021
Model description paper |  | 15 Jun 2021

Model of Early Diagenesis in the Upper Sediment with Adaptable complexity – MEDUSA (v. 2): a time-dependent biogeochemical sediment module for Earth system models, process analysis and teaching

Guy Munhoven

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Sea-floor sediments play an important role in biogeochemical cycling of elements (e.g. carbon, silicon, nutrients) in the ocean. Realistic sediment modules are, however, not yet commonly used in global ocean biogeochemical models. Here we present MEDUSA, a model of the processes taking place in the surface sea-floor sediments which control the interaction between the sediments and the ocean. MEDUSA can be configured to meet the exact needs of any given ocean biogeochemical model.
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