来自InSight地震数据的火星上层地幔结构
Amir Khan1,2, Savas Ceylan3, Martin van Driel3,4
1Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. akhan@ethz.ch.
概括
火星
科学领域:
- 地震学
- 星球科学
- 地质学
背景情况:
- 探测器已经在火星上收集了两年的地震数据.
- 了解火星的内部结构和热化学状态对于行星科学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 使用地震数据将火星的内部结构缩小到800公里.
- 研究火星地中的热层和热量产生.
主要方法:
- 从八次火星地震中分析直接 (P和S) 和表面反射 (PP,PPP,SS,SS) 的身体波阶段.
- 将地震约束与地力学模型相结合.
主要成果:
- 与地球相比,火星热层显著更厚.
- 观测到一个微弱的S波阴影区域在远地震距离.
- 预测火星地的热生成元素 (13-20倍原始地幔).
结论:
- 火星的内部结构以厚厚的,较冷的岩层为特征.
- 火星的地含有大量产生热量的元素, 超过之前的估计.
- 这种丰富有助于火星表面中等至高的热流.
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