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The Geography of Mars

Readings

Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D.

Department of Geography
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840-1101
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Textbook

Carr, Michael H. 2006. The Surface of Mars. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.
* Ch. 1: Overview
* Ch. 4: Global structure and tectonics
* Ch. 7: Lakes and oceans
* Ch. 2: Impact craters
* Ch. 3: Volcanism
* Ch. 5: Canyons
* Ch. 8: Ice
* Ch. 10: Poles
* Ch. 6: Channels, valleys, and gullies
* Ch. 9: Wind
* Ch. 11: The view from the surface
* Ch. 12: Climate change
* Ch. 13: Implications for life
* Ch. 14: Summary

            

Other Readings

Short, Nicholas. 2010. Dr. Nicholas Short's Remote Sensing Tutorial. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Available at http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/
* Introduction -- Electromagnetic spectrum: Distribution of radiant energies
* Introduction -- Electromagnetic spectrum: Spectral signatures
* Section 19 -- Mars, the Red Planet
Weekly news reading:
* Mars Today http://www.marstoday.com: Read >2 of the articles each week
Novel report: Select your novel by 1 March 2012 and read it by 16 March to be able to write your report by 29 March

NASA. Mars Exploration Program: Programs and Missions. Available at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/programmissions/ Optional reading: The Science and Missions sections are especially relevant to this class.

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