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Planetary surface processes and tectonics - NGEO108

Title:	Povrchové procesy a tektonika planet
Guaranteed by:	Department of Geophysics (32-KG)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D.

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Annotation -

Last update: prof. RNDr. František Gallovič, Ph.D. (10.01.2019)

The lecture gives basic overview of surface processes and surfaces of terrestrial bodies and moons in the solar system.

Aim of the course -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

The students learn a basic description of processes shaping the planetary surfaces, emphasizing tectonics.

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

Účast a diskuse na přednášce. Prezentace (20-30 min) nebo vypracování krátké zprávy (1-2 strany) na vybrané téma odpovídající sylabu předmětu.

Literature -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

I. dePater, J.J. Lissauer. Planetary Sciences, Cambridge University Press, 2001.

M. Dougherty, L. Esposito, S. Krimigis. Saturn from Cassini-Huygens. Springer, 2009.

L.B. Freund. Dynamic fracture mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 1990.

M.S. Gudipati, J. Castillo-Rogez. The Science of Solar System Ices. Springer, 2013.

H.J. Melosh. Planetary surface processes, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

R.T. Pappalardo, W.B. McKinnon, K. Khurana. Europa. University of Arizona Press, 2009.

J. P. Renaud and W. G. Henning. Increased Tidal Dissipation Using Advanced Rheological Models: Implications for Io and Tidally Active Exoplanets. Astrophys.J., 857(2):29, 2018.

P. Schenk et al. Enceladus and the icy moons of Saturn, University of Arizona Press, 2019. Schubert et al. Treatise on Geophysics. Elsevier, 2007.

S.A. Stern et al. The Pluto System after New Horizons. University of Arizona Press, 2021.

T.R. Watters, R.A. Schultz: Planetary tectonics. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

A. Zang, O. Stephansson. Stress Field of the Earth’s Crust, Springer, 2010.

Teaching methods -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

Lecture

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. RNDr. Marie Běhounková, Ph.D. (12.05.2022)

1) Geological processes on terrestrial planets and moons.

2) Surface temperature. Energy transport. Energy sources, accretional heat, tidal dissipation, radiogenic heat.

3) Description of deformation on various time scales. Elastic, anelastic, and viscous deformation. Deformation mechanisms and deformation maps. Impact and evolution of the grain size. Impact of melt and fluids on rheological properties. Material strength and material failure. Empirical relationships. Rheological structure of planets and moons.

4) Tectonics. Internal and external sources of tectonic stress. Lithosphere deformation, faults and fractures, and statistics.

5) Melting and magmatism. Volcanic surface features.

6) Impact craters. Impact crater morphology. Scaling of crater dimensions. Evolution of crater populations, dating planetary surface. Late Heavy Bombardment. Origin of the Moon.

7) Basic characteristics of planetary atmospheres. Impact of wind, water, and ice on observed features.

8) Observed tectonic features and surfaces on individual bodies: Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, small bodies, outer planet satellites, and the Pluto system.