EUROPA: Revised Syllabus (4/14/03):
|
week / date |
topic |
papers |
assignments (P, S) |
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1 Jan. 15 |
Overview and Data Sets |
Pappalardo et al (1999) |
RP |
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2 Jan. 22 |
Voyager overview |
30 day reports Malin and Pieri--overview Schubert et al. --interior Carr et al. --Galileo
imaging plan |
RP
MS, AV AB, ZC AE, HS |
|
3 Jan. 29 |
Tides and stress |
Leith and McKinnon--tidal
stress Greenberg et al., 1998
II--diurnal stress Showman &
Malhotra--orbital |
AV, MS RP, AB ZC, AE |
|
4 Feb. 5 |
Ridges |
Greenberg et al., 1998 I--tidal model Head et al--diapiricmodel Nimmo and Gaidos--shear
heating |
AB, RP
MS, ZC AE, AV |
|
5 Fri. Feb. 14 3-6 pm |
Stratigraphy and Stress
Manifestations |
Figueredo &
Greeley--strat & nonsynch Hoppa et al.-- cycloidal
features Hoppa et al., 1999--diurnal
shear |
AV, MS
ZC, AE RP, AB
|
|
6 Feb. 19 |
Bands and folds |
Schenk &
McKinnon--Voyager view Tufts et al. --tidal model Prockter et al.--spreading
analog Prockter and
Pappalardo--folds |
AE, RP MS, ZC AB, AV RP
|
|
7 Feb. 26 |
Color and composition |
Geissler et al--color data McCord et al.--NIMS salts Carlson et al. (2)--NIMS
radiolysis |
AV, RP MS, AE ZC, AB |
|
8 Mar. 4 |
Interior, Magnetosphere, |
Anderson et al--interior
models Kivelson et
al.--magnetometer results Cooper et al.--sputtering |
AB, MS AE, ZC RP
|
|
9 Mar. 11 |
Surface age and Impacts |
Zahnle et al.--projectile
origins and flux Moore et al--impact
overview Schenk/Turtle--ice
thickness constraints |
ZC, AE RP, MS AV, AB |
|
10 Mar. 18 |
LPSC meeting--no class |
work on projects |
|
|
11 Mar. 26
|
Spring break--no class
|
work on projects |
|
|
12 Apr. 2 |
Tidal heating, convection,
and lenticulae |
Ojakangas &
Stevenson--thermal state Pappalardo et al., 1998/
McKinnon, 1999--convection modelling The Spaun
collection--lenticulae |
AB, RP MS, ZC
|
|
13 Apr. 9 |
Chaos I |
Carr et al./Spaun et
al.--chaos morph Greenberg et
al--melt-through model Collins et al--model
evaluation |
AV, AE ZC, MS RP, AB |
|
14 Apr. 16 |
Chaos II and Oceans |
Delaney and
Thomas--melt-through O'Brien et
al.--melt-through Spohn and Schubert--oceans! |
AB, RP AV, MS AE, ZC |
|
15 Apr. 23 |
Life? (McCollom to guest
moderate) |
McCollom --hydrothermal
vents Chyba and Phillips--life
overview Grinspoon--Europa
perspective |
MS, AV ZC, AE ALL |
|
16 Apr. 30 |
Where Next? Future
Exploration and Discussion |
Moore&Schubert:
gravity; Chyba: radar;
VanCleve--thermal; Lee et al:
seismics Chyba: life detection |
RP |
|
17 |
Project Reports |
finals week |
All |
AB = Amy Barr; AE = Attila.Elteto; AV = Arwen Vidal; MS =
Michelle Stempel; RP= Robert Pappalardo;
ZC = Zane Crawford.