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Advanced Planetary Geology: Ice Worlds

EPSc 576

L19
 
Discussion of icy bodies and terrains in the solar system. Water and other ices as geologic materials, including remote sensing of ices, impacts into ice, cryovolcanism, and ice tectonics. Focus on major satellites of Jupiter and Saturn (Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, and Titan), midsized icy satellites, and the martian polar caps.
 
Prerequisites
  EPSc 473 or permission of instructor
 
Schedule
  Three class hours per week
 
Credit
  3 units