Mars Evolution EPS 465/565

340 NorthropTuesdays & Thursdays 12:30AM-1:45PM

Professor Carl AgeeOffice: 313 Northrop

agee@unm.edu277-1644

Course Requirements

Students are expected to attend all class meetings, read all assigned material, and participate in discussion of assigned reading.

Undergraduate students will be required to give one oral “review” of an assigned research article.

Graduate students will be required to give two oral “reviews” of assigned research articles.

We will have a short homework assignment about every other week.

All students are required to take the Midterm and Final Exams.

Grading:

•Oral presentations 25%

•Homework and class participation/discussion 25%

•Take-home Midterm 25%

•Take-home Final 25%

EPS 465/565 Mars EvolutionStudent Assignments & Presentations

19-Jan Tu Course Overview (1), Introduction to Mars (2)21-Jan Th Introduction to Mars (2)26-Jan Tu Introduction to Mars (3)28-Jan Th Introduction to Mars (3)2-Feb Tu Introduction to Mars (3)4-Feb Th Introduction to Mars (4)9-Feb Tu Introduction to Mars (4)

11-Feb Th Introduction to Mars (4)16-Feb Tu Mars Exploration Historical (5)18-Feb Th Mars Exploration Historical (5)23-Feb Tu Mars Exploration Historical (5)25-Feb Th Mars Exploration Historical (5)

2-Mar Tu Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, NO CLASS4-Mar Th Lunar & Planetary Science Conference, NO CLASS9-Mar Tu Mars Exploration Present (6) Assign Presentations

11-Mar Th Mars Exploration Present (6)16-Mar Tu SPRING RECESS18-Mar Th SPRING RECESS23-Mar Tu Mars Exploration Future (7)25-Mar Th Mars Exploration Future (7) Mid-term Available Online30-Mar Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 2

1-Apr Th Student Presentations/Seminar 2 , Take Home Midterm Due (email)6-Apr Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 28-Apr Th Student Presentations/Seminar 2

13-Apr Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 215-Apr Th Student Presentations/Seminar 220-Apr Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 222-Apr Th Student Presentations/Seminar 227-Apr Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 229-Apr Th Student Presentations/Seminar 24-May Tu Student Presentations/Seminar 26-May Th Student Presentations/Seminar 2

11-May Tu FINALS WEEK Take-home Final Exam Due (email)

First half of course is a “Lecture”Second half of course a “Seminar”

http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/eps465/

No Textbook for this course. Powerpoints available at

Assigned articles for presentation will also be

available for download later in the semester.

Introduction to Mars

Pathfinder

Viking

Mars Exploration Historical

Mars Exploration Current

Spirit Opportunity

Mars Exploration Future

Deep Drilling

Human Missions

Martian Meteorites

In mid-1980s discovery that some meteorites are samples of Mars

Evidence from•Trapped atmospheric gases •Radiometric Ages

Age (Ga)0 1 2 3 4 5

Martian Meteorites

Orthopyroxenite (1)~4.50 Ga

Lherzolitic shergottites (3)~180 Ma

Basaltic shergottites (5)165-475 Ma

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Nakhlites (3)~1.30 Ga

Chassigny (1)~1.35 Ga

~24 Mars Meteorites present in world’s collection

– 12 “original”

– Rest new finds, mostly from hot deserts

– Many kilograms total

Formation and Composition of Mars

Martian Crust

Martian Interior

Atmosphere and Climate

North Polar Cap Layering

South Polar Cap

Water on Mars

Search for Life