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Exploring Mars: The Inside
Story
Walter S. Kiefer
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Olympus Mons
Big Volcanos
Telling Time:
Superposition
Ulysses Patera
Ulysses Patera Cross Section
Ulysses Patera Cross Section
Mantle Plumes
Temperature
Plate Tectonics
Hawaii-Emperor
Volcanic Chain
Global Topography
Valles Marineris
Valles Marineris
Valles
Marineris vs.
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
Planetary Faulting
Martian Meteorites
Shergottite RBT04262
Telling Time: Radioactive Decay
The Interior of Mars
InSight Mission
• Measure internal
structure of Mars
– Seismology
– Heat Flow
• Land September
2016, 2 year
mission
• Uses 2008 Phoenix
lander system