Mars: The Story of the Red Planet (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 Mars in the Solar System.- 1.1 The orbit and movements of Mars.- 1.2 Dimensions and mass.- 1.3 The Martian seasons.- 1.4 The pattern of discovery.- 1.5 Albedo markings.- 2 Spacecraft Exploration Of The Red Planet.- 2.1 Early Mars missions.- 2.2 Mariner 9.- 2.3 Soviet Mars exploration.- 2.4 The Viking missions.- 2.5 The Soviet Phobos mission.- 3 The Present Face of Mars.- 3.1 The topography of Mars.- 3.2 Physiographic provinces.- 3.3 Thermal inertia mapping.- 3.4 The stratigraphy of Mars.- 3.5 Summary.- 4 The Atmosphere and Weather.- 4.1 The composition of the atmosphere.- 4.2 Atmospheric pressure variations.- 4.3 Isotopic abundances in the atmosphere.- 4.4 Atmospheric circulation pattern.- 4.5 Clouds.- 5 The Interior of Mars.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 The figure and gravity of Mars.- 5.3 Internal density profile.- 5.4 Composition of the interior.- 5.5 Differentiation of the Martian crust.- 6 The Ancient Cratered Terrain.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 The Martian cratering record.- 6.3 Martian impact basins.- 6.4 Morphology of impact craters.- 6.5 Crater ejecta morphology.- 6.6 Channelling on the cratered plateau.- 6.7 Intercrater plains.- 6.8 Volcanoes of the cratered plateau.- 6.9 The geological story as revealed by the upland rocks.- 7 The Central Volcanoes of Mars.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Volcano distribution.- 7.3 Classification of volcano types.- 7.4 Volcano ages.- 7.5 Highland paterae.- 7.6 Shield volcanoes and paterae.- 7.7 Martian shields.- 7.8 Older Tharsis volcanoes.- 7.9 Alba Patera.- 7.10 The shield volcanoes of Elysium.- 7.11 Apollinaris Patera.- 7.12 Central volcanism on Mars.- 8 The Plains of Mars.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Noachian and Early Hesperian plains.- 8.3 Hesperian-age flow plains.- 8.4 The Medusae Fossae plains.- 8.5 Tempe Terra plains province.- 8.6 Volcanic plains of Amazonian age.- 8.7 Plains deposits of Hellas.- 8.8 The northern plains.- 8.9 Plains and major resurfacing events in Martian history.- 9 The Equatorial Canyons.- 9.1 General features of Valles Marineris.- 9.2 Details of canyon physiography.- 9.3 General form of canyon walls.- 9.4 Wall retreat and landslide deposits.- 9.5 Wall retreat - tributary canyon development.- 9.6 Interior deposits.- 9.7 Formation of the canyon system.- 10 Martian Channels and Chaotic Terrain.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Valley networks in the ancient cratered terrain.- 10.3 Outflow channels.- 10.4 Fretted channels.- 10.5 Chaotic terrain.- 11 The Polar Regions, Wind And Volatile Activity.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Nature of the polar caps.- 11.3 Laminated polar deposits.- 11.4 High-latitude plains and dune fields.- 11.5 Wind activity on Mars.- 12 The Geological History of Mars.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 The tectonic history of Mars.- 12.3 The evolution of Tharsis.- 12.4 Some final thoughts concerning Tharsis.- 12.5 The crustal dichotomy.- 12.6 The geological development of Mars.- 12.7 Climatic and volatile history.- 13 The Next Steps.- 13.1 Future Mars missions.- 13.2 Climate and the search for life.- 13.3 Epilogue.- Appendices.- A Astronomical Data.- B Phobos and Deimos.- C Model Chronologies for Mars.- D Stratigraphy of Martian Geological Features and Units.