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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 138. Chapters: Dust devil, Martian, Martian meteorite, Geology of Mars, Water on Mars, Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, History of Mars observation, Life on Mars, Climate of Mars, Darian calendar, Martian geyser, Colonization of Mars, List of Mars-crossing minor planets, Atmosphere of Mars, Martian Gullies, Astronomy on Mars, Timekeeping on Mars, Ore resources on Mars, Geography of Mars, Martian canal, Evolution of water on Mars and Earth, Allan Hills 84001, Desert planet, Martian surface, Mars Ocean Hypothesis, Martian dichotomy, Fretted terrain, Transit of Earth from Mars, Mars hoax, Virgle, Mars in culture, MarsDrive, Nakhla meteorite, Transit of Venus from Mars, Martian spherules, 142 Polana, Mangala, Transit of Mercury from Mars, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Kaidun meteorite, Caves of Mars Project, Swiss cheese features, Anseris Mons, Haughton-Mars Project, Shergotty meteorite, Google Mars, Chassigny, Mars General Circulation Model, Ring mold crater, Solar eclipses on Mars, Ice cloud. Excerpt: The geology of Mars refers to the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars. It emphasizes the composition, structure, history, and physical processes that shape the planet. It is fully analogous to the field of terrestrial geology. In planetary science, the term geology is used in its broadest sense to mean the study of the solid parts of planets and moons. The term incorporates aspects of geophysics, geochemistry, geodesy, and cartography. The neologism, areology, from the Greek word Ar s (Mars), as a synonym for Mars' geology sometimes appears in the popular media and works of science fiction (e.g., Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy), but the term is rarely, if ever, used by professional geologists and planetary scientists. Mars is a terrestrial planet, which means that its bulk composition, l...
