EUROPA: Revised Syllabus (4/14/03):

week /

date

topic

papers

assignments

(P, S)

1

Jan. 15

Overview and Data Sets

Pappalardo et al (1999)

RP

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,
and sputtering

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


AE
, AV

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
(+ Goodman comment)

O'Brien et al.--melt-through
(+ Collins comment)

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.