1. Course overview; Planet formation
2. Mercury, Messenger Results
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Mars Magnetization; Quiz
6. Asteroids; Earth Tectonics
7. Earth History: Building a Habitable Planet
8. Jupiter, Saturn & their satellites
9. Exoplanets; Kepler: Search for planets
10. Final Exam
Donna M. Jurdy
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208-2150
(847) 491-7163; fax: (847) 491-8060; email: donna@earth.northwestern.edu
EDUCATION:
University of Rochester Geology B.A. 1968
SUNY, Buffalo Geology M.S. 1970
University of Michigan Geology Ph.D. 1974
APPOINTMENTS:
Department Chair, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University 2001-5
Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University 1991-
Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, Northwestern University 1984-1991
Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, Northwestern University 1981-1984
Research Geophysicist, Geological & Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1975-1980
Petroleum Geophysicist, AMOCO International Oil Co. 1974-1975
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
NSF, Faculty Awards for Women Scientists and Engineers, 1991-96
Association for Women Geoscientists, Distingished Service Award, 1993
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Distinguished Lecturer, 1996-7
Fellow, Geological Society of America
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Plate kinematics and dynamics; Tectonics of Venus, Mars, and satellites of Jupiter and Saturn.
PUBLICATIONS:
DeLaughter, J. E. and Jurdy, D. M., Corona classification by evolutionary stage, Icarus, vol. 139,
pp. 81-92, 1999.
Jurdy, D. M. and M. Stefanick, Correlation of Venus surface features and geoid, Icarus, vol. 139,
pp. 93-99, 1999.
Stoddard, P. R. and Jurdy, D. M., Distribution of Io’s volcanoes: Possible influence on spin axis,
Geophysical Research Letters, 29(9), 10.1029/2001GL014539, 2002.
Jurdy, D. M.. and Stefanick, M., Vertical extrapolation of Mars magnetic potentials, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 10.1029/2004JE002277, 2004.
Matias, A., and D. M. Jurdy, Impact Craters as Indicators of Tectonic and Volcanic Activity in
the Beta-Atla-Themis Region, Venus, Geol. Soc. Am. Special Paper no. 388, Plumes, Plates
and Paradigms, 825-839, 2005.
Li, H., Robinson, M. S., and Jurdy, D. M., Origin of martian northern hemisphere mid-latitude
lobate debris aprons, Icarus, vol. 176, pp. 382-394, 2005.
Foulger, G. R. and Jurdy, D. M., Editors, Geological Society of America Special Paper no.
430,‘‘The Origin of Melt Anomalies: Plumes, Plates and Planetary Processes’’, Preface and
Scope, vi-ix, contains 46 papers, ˜150 discussion pieces, 997 pages, 2007.
Jurdy, D. M. and P. R. Stoddard, The coronae of Venus: Impact, plume or other origin?, in GSA
Special Paper no. 430, Plates, Plumes, & Planetary Processes, ed. G. R. Foulger and D. M.
Jurdy, 859-87, 2007. with Replies to Individual Discussion on Paper.
