火星の核上にある濃縮された溶融シリケート層の地質学的証拠
Henri Samuel1, Mélanie Drilleau2, Attilio Rivoldini3
1Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France. samuel@ipgp.fr.
Nature
|October 25, 2023
まとめ
火星
科学分野:
- 惑星科学
- 地震学
- 地理学
背景:
- 過去の地震データによると 火星の中心は1,830キロメートルと推測されていた.
- この核の大きさは,実験データと矛盾する光元素の組成を暗示した.
- 異常なゆっくりとした地震波は 火星マントルの異質性を示した.
研究 の 目的:
- 火星の異質マントル構造仮説を調査する
- 地質学的データを核の大きさと組成の制約と調和させる.
- 新しいモデルに基づいて火星の核の大きさと構成を決定する
主な方法:
- 地震相の分析 (反射されたS波とP波)
- 基礎層と溶けたシリケート層を含むマントルの構造のモデル化.
- 地震減弱と潮分散のデータを統合する.
主要な成果:
- 異質なマントルのモデルは,すべての地質学的観測に適合する.
- 火星の核の大きさは1650km ±20kmと推定されている.
- このコアのサイズと密度 (6.5g/cm3) は,制限に合わせて,軽い要素を少なくする必要があります.
結論:
- 火星には層状のマントルがあり 基底層が濃縮されています
- 改訂された核の大きさと組成は 地化学的に妥当です
- 火星の地殻の磁場を説明するには 外部源が必要です
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