火星的阶梯三角洲形成是由快速释放水的形成
Erin R Kraal1, Maurits van Dijk, George Postma
1Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Postbus 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ekraal@vt.edu
Nature
|February 22, 2008
概括
火星的阶层三角洲表明,地表水流的时间只有几十年,而不是数百万年. 这一发现为火星提供了新的约束.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 地质地质地质地质地质地
- 水文学的水文学
背景情况:
- 火星上的三角洲和岩风扇是过去地表水流的关键指标.
- 以前的形态学研究为火星水文事件提供了广泛的时间估计 (数十年至数百万年).
- 了解火星三角洲的形成对于重建地球水的历史至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查不同火星阶梯 (梯田) deltas.tas.的形成时间表.
- 为了限制火星上过去的地表水流事件的持续时间和规模.
主要方法:
- 利用沙流实验来模拟三角洲形成.
- 分析了由此产生的形态学,以推断形成过程和时间尺度.
主要成果:
- 火星的阶层三角洲很可能是由单个盆地填充事件形成的.
- 这一事件发生在短时间内,估计是几十年.
- 所需的水量相当于密西西比河等大陆河.
结论:
- 阶段性三角洲为一些火星表面流动的持续时间提供了最小和最大的约束.
- 这些发现支持了从地下储存中突然释放水的假设.
- 这种快速释放可能形成了流风扇上的梯田式三角洲沉积物.
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