火星のヘカテス・ソルスで横のカルデラと非常に若い氷河活動を発見した
Ernst Hauber1, Stephan van Gasselt, Boris Ivanov
1Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 12489 Berlin, Germany. Ernst.Hauber@dlr.de
Nature
|March 18, 2005
まとめ
大規模で古代の爆発的な火山噴火の証拠は,火星のヘカテス・ソルスで発見されました. この発見は,非常に若い氷河堆積物とともに,惑星の傾き変動に関連した最近の火星の気候変化を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 火山学 火山学とは
- 氷河学 氷河学とは
背景:
- 火星の火山活動は,主に噴出的でマフィー的です.
- 爆発的な火山活動の証拠は稀で,通常,古代の表面で発見されます.
研究 の 目的:
- ヘカテス・トロールス (Hecates Tholus) の爆発的な火山活動に関するこれまで未知の痕跡を調査するために.
- 火星の火山や氷河の特徴の年齢を決定する.
- 火星の最近の気候変動を推論するために.
主な方法:
- 高解像度画像と地形データの分析.
- 年代測定のためのクレーターカウント.
- 気候モデルとの比較.
主要な成果:
- 3億5千万年前の爆発的な噴火による直径10キロメートルのカルデラの発見.
- カルデラ内の若い氷河堆積 (5~2400万年) の特定.
- 氷河積層の年齢と,惑星の傾斜が増加した時期との相関.
結論:
- 火星の大規模な爆発的な火山活動は,その初期の歴史を超えて広がった.
- 若い氷河の特徴の存在は,火星の最近の気候変動を示しています.
- 火星の気候は,軸の傾き (傾き) の変化に敏感であるようです.
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