对于火星上的水文过程的影响来自整个Terra Meridiani的广泛基岩突出
1Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. brian.hynek@lasp.colorado.edu
Nature
|September 10, 2004
概括
火星Terra Meridiani地区的灰色血石表明长期存在水. 遥感显示了广泛的浅色突起,表明火星大面积的表面或近地表水面广泛存在.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 天体生物学 天体生物学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
背景情况:
- 火星全球测量器在火星的Terra Meridiani地区检测到灰色血.
- 在地球上血岩的形成通常需要长时间的液态水存在.
- 火星探测车机遇号在梅里迪亚尼发现了当地水相互作用的标志.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定机遇号着陆地点的浅色突起是否是一种局部现象.
- 调查这些水变性材料的区域范围.
- 为了推断火星上水的历史和范围.
主要方法:
- 分析遥感数据,包括可见和热红外光谱.
- 在Terra Meridiani平原上绘制浅色突起的地图.
- 遥感数据与探测器发现的数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 浅色的突起不仅仅局限于着陆地点,而且广泛分布在含血的平原上.
- 这些突起在可见和热红外遥感数据中都可以观察到.
- 该材料被绘制成数百公里的地图,覆盖了估计的3 x 10 (5) 公里 (2).
结论:
- 浅色外露的广泛分布表明,有很大的区域存在地表或近地表水.
- 这一发现支持了在火星的Terra Meridiani区域扩展水活动的假设.
- 这项研究提供了关于火星水性过去的关键证据.
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