PTYS 554
Evolution of Planetary Surfaces

Shane Byrne — 626-0407 — 524 Kuiper Building
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August 21st Class Introduction


Week Lecture 1 Lecture 2
8/20 Forming Planetary Crusts I Forming Planetary Crusts II
8/27 Planetary Heating Gravity and Topography I
9/3 Gravity and Topography II Tectonic Processes I
9/10 No Lecture No Lecture
9/17 Tectonic Processes II Forming Planetary Crusts III
9/24 Volcanic Processes I Volcanic Processes II
10/1 Volcanic Processes III Impact Processes I
10/8 Impact Processes II Impact Processes III
10/15 Surface processes on airless bodies Weathering & fate of sediments
10/22 Aeolian Processes I Aeolian Processes II
10/29 Fluvial Processes I Fluvial Processes II
11/5 Fluvial Processes III Solar system ices I
11/12 Solar system ices II Solar system ices II+III
11/19 Glacial/Periglacial processes I No Lecture
(Thanksgiving)
11/26 Glacial/Periglacial processes II History of the inner solar system I
12/3 History of the inner solar system II No Lecture
(Reading Day)


shane@lpl.arizona.edu

The background image is of Phoebe, a moon of Saturn. It was acquired by the Cassini spacecraft in June of 2004. See here for the original image and more info.