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The Geography of Mars

Lecture Notes

Christine M. Rodrigue, Ph.D.

Department of Geography
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840-1101
1 (562) 985-4895
rodrigue@csulb.edu
https://home.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/

Lecture Notes for Midterm

* Introduction

* Early explorations by eyeball
* Later explorations by telescope
* Later explorations by spectral analysis

* Remote sensing basics: Resolution
* History (fate) of robotic missions to Mars

* Sources of data on Mars today (successful missions)

* Mars in space

* A whole new vocabulary

* Overview of orders of relief
* First order: the great dichotomy
* First order: Endogenous vs exogenous explanations

* First order: Tharsis Rise

            

Lecture Notes for Final

* 2nd order: Great craters
* 2nd order: Tectonics (Elysium Rise, Valles Marineris

* 2nd order: Flows (Chryse Trough, Kasei Valles, Thaumasia)

* 2nd order: Wind and ice (Syrtis Major, Polar Ice Caps)
* 3rd order: Deep time on Mars
* 3rd order: Noachian regions

* 3rd order: Hesperian regions
* 3rd order: Amazonian regions
* Mars' atmosphere: Composition, structure, weather

* Mars' climates: Classification and climate change
* Mars in science fiction and popular crazes

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