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Mars Evolution EPS 465/565 340 Northrop Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30AM-1:45PM Professor Carl Agee

Mars Evolution EPS 465/565 340 Northrop Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30AM-1:45PM Professor Carl Agee Office: 313 Northrop agee@unm.edu 277-1644. Course Requirements.

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Mars Evolution EPS 465/565 340 Northrop Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30AM-1:45PM Professor Carl Agee

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  1. Mars Evolution EPS 465/565 340 Northrop Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30AM-1:45PM Professor Carl Agee Office: 313 Northrop agee@unm.edu 277-1644

  2. 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%

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

  4. No Textbook for this course. Powerpoints available at http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/eps465/ Assigned articles for presentation will also be available for download later in the semester.

  5. Introduction to Mars

  6. Mars Exploration Historical Pathfinder Viking

  7. Mars Exploration Current Spirit Opportunity

  8. Mars Exploration Future Deep Drilling Human Missions

  9. Martian Meteorites • In mid-1980s discovery that some meteorites are samples of Mars • Evidence from • Trapped atmospheric gases • Radiometric Ages ~24 Mars Meteorites present in world’s collection • 12 “original” • Rest new finds, mostly from hot deserts • Many kilograms total

  10. Formation and Composition of Mars

  11. Martian Crust

  12. Martian Interior

  13. Atmosphere and Climate North Polar Cap Layering South Polar Cap

  14. Water on Mars

  15. Search for Life

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