火星的内部结构和火星的早期热演变来自火星的全球测量仪地形和重力
M T Zuber1, S C Solomon, R J Phillips
1Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. zuber@mit.edu
概括
火星全球测量器的数据显示了两个不同的地区域,与地质二分法无关. 这些发现表明北半球早期的热流和向北的水运输.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
背景情况:
- 火星表现出复杂的地质历史,影响其目前的结构.
- 了解火星的内部结构是解读它的演变的关键.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定火星的全球地和上层地幔结构.
- 研究地区域与地质特征之间的关系.
- 推断早期火星的热史和水活动.
主要方法:
- 来自火星全球测量器的地形和重力数据的分析.
- 模拟地和岩层厚度的模型.
- 解释火星低地中的地质结构.
主要成果:
- 确定了两个不同的地区域:一个从南到北变薄,另一个具有均厚度.
- 地区在全球范围内与地质二分法没有相关性.
- 北半球早期高热流的证据.
- 北方低地埋藏的道表明北方的水和沉积物运输.
结论:
- 火星的地结构复杂,不仅仅是由二分法定义的.
- 早期火星历史可能涉及显著的热流和水文过程.
- 石质层强度因加载的位置和时间而异.
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