火星の螺旋 troughsの発生と移動は,軌道レーダーによって明らかにされています
1University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, Texas 78758, USA. isaac@ig.utexas.edu
Nature
|May 28, 2010
まとめ
火星の渦巻きの谷は,火星の渦巻きの谷である.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 気候科学 気候科学
背景:
- 火星の北極層沈殿地 (NPLD) は,謎めいた螺旋状の低谷を特徴としています.
- これらの谷の起源と進化は,発見以来議論されてきた.
- これまでの地表データでは,谷の形成に関する仮説を検証するには不十分でした.
研究 の 目的:
- 火星の極極の渦巻き troughs の起源と移住を調査するために.
- 低谷の形成 (侵食によるか建設によるか) と年齢に関する仮説を検証する.
- 低谷進化に関する新しいデータを用いて,古気候モデルを制約する.
主な方法:
- 北極の層状埋蔵地からのレーダー層図データ分析.
- NPLDデポジションに対するデッティングの最低値の開始.
- 低谷移動率と標高の変化を定量化する.
主要な成果:
- NPLDの75%の堆積後に開始された中央のスパイラル troughs.
- トローは,安定した形状に達し, ~200万年以上にわたって ~65kmを極に向かって, 600mを上に向かって移動した.
- レーダー層図は,堆積後の侵食的切断を否定し,構造的な低谷移動を支持する.
結論:
- 火星の極地溝は,主に風と堆積によって形成された構造的な特徴です.
- トローフ移動は,火星の古気候モデルに制約を与える.
- 低谷進化の理解は,極地堆積物の年齢と気候と軌道間のつながりを決定するのに役立ちます.
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