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Prelim 2 is in 2 weeks

This section provides an update on the recent earthquake in Chile and explores topics related to the Earth's atmosphere, the origin of the Moon, and the geology of Mercury, Venus, and the Moon's interior.

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Prelim 2 is in 2 weeks

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  1. Prelim 2 is in 2 weeks • Next week’s section will be a review • Assignment : send me 2 topics/ questions you want me to review • Email them to me by Sunday at 2 pm • This counts towards today’s section grade

  2. Tectonics in action Over the weekend, there was a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile. There have been over 150 aftershocks magnitude 5.0 or greater, including 8 of magnitude 6.0 or greater.1 The quake originated 35km below the surface of the Earth.2 If you would like to help, check this link: http://www.astro.cornell.edu/~babs/howtohelpchile/howtohelpchile.html 1 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010tfan/#summary 2 http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010tfan/#details

  3. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/aftershocks/?code=2010tfan&source=us&title=M8.8%20-%20Offshore%20Maule,%20Chilehttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/aftershocks/?code=2010tfan&source=us&title=M8.8%20-%20Offshore%20Maule,%20Chile

  4. Earth’s atmosphere * variable gases From http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7a.html

  5. The Greenhouse Effect http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect16/Sect16_2.html

  6. Origin of the Moon • Sisters? • Fission? • Capture? • Giant impact

  7. Mercury: Caloris Basin Image from http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=2&gallery_id=2&image_id=149

  8. Mercury’s day and year • 3 days every 2 years • Animations…. • Rotation and orbit: http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Orbit_Rotation/orbit_rotation_full.htm • The Sun in the sky: http://www.messenger-education.org/Interactives/ANIMATIONS/Day_On_Mercury/day_on_mercury_full.htm

  9. Mercury’s interior Image from http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Mercury.html

  10. 2009: The first global map of Mercury! Image from http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?page=1&gallery_id=2&image_id=345

  11. Venus Radar Visible UV Images from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10124, http://atmos.nmsu.edu/~nchanove/A105S04/lecture_21.html, and http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/planetary/venus/venusglobe.jpg

  12. The Venusian surface Images from http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm

  13. Backup slides

  14. The Moon’s interior http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/niel/astro1/slideshows/class41/slides-41.html

  15. http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/seismology/seismo_interior/seismo_interior.htmlhttp://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/seismology/seismo_interior/seismo_interior.html

  16. Earth’s interior, cont. P wave S wave http://geophysics.ou.edu/solid_earth/notes/seismology/seismo_interior/seismo_interior.html

  17. Surface Processes • Erosion • Tectonics • Volcanism • Impacts Images from http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2005/11/12/aerial-view-of-the-grand-canyon/, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=geologists-link-the-great, http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect18/Sect18_1.html, and http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/nikolas_c/tectonic_geoology.htm

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