地球和火星原始水球水的不同命运
Jon Wade1, Brendan Dyck2,3, Richard M Palin4
1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK.
Nature
|January 3, 2018
概括
不同于地球,火星可能因地的水分反应而失去地表水. 火星的地可以将更多的水在地球的深处,影响其地质演变和可居住性.
科学领域:
- 星球科学
- 地质化学
- 地质学
背景情况:
- 由于地幔过程,地球保留了表面水,而火星在其历史早期就失去了表面水.
- 火星地的蛇形化表明通过变态水化反应显著地封存了水.
研究的目的:
- 通过水化地的变形来量化行星表面的水分去除.
- 计算地球和火星的高压和高温下矿物过渡引起的质量密度变化.
- 了解地水分在行星水损失和地幔演变中的作用.
主要方法:
- 通过水化地的埋葬和变形而去除的量化相对水量.
- 在高压和高温下计算矿物过渡引起的散密变化.
- 火星和陆地地之间的水化能力和密度变化.
主要成果:
- 火星的变态聚合物比陆地聚合物含的水量多25%,并且在更深处保持水量.
- 超过9%的火星地幔可能含有水性矿物质,而地球地幔的~4%.
- 液化火星地的密度变化很小,与陆地地不同,在脱水后变密,从而促进埋葬.
结论:
- 早期火星地的有效埋葬使地中大量的水分被隔离,氧化了它.
- 地球的浮动地和更热的地热梯度限制了早期的上层地幔水分,在表面保留了水.
- 地水和构造机制的差异解释了地球和火星上不同水的历史和生命的潜力.
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