火星地幔高度异构的地震证据
Constantinos Charalambous1, W Thomas Pike1, Doyeon Kim2
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
概括
火星
科学领域:
- 星球科学
- 地震学
- 地质学
背景情况:
- 星球内部保存了早期形成的记录.
- 了解火星地幔的演变对于比较行星学至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究火星地幔的结构和演变.
- 限制火星内部的气流和对流过程.
主要方法:
- 对火星地震进行地震分析以检测地幔异质性.
- 模拟地震波面扭曲以推断内部属性.
主要成果:
- 在火星地幔中发现千米级的异质性.
- 有限地幔混合和缓慢的对流的证据.
- 限制地幔粘度 (10^21.310^21.9 Pa·s) 和低激活能量 (7090 kJ/mol).
结论:
- 火星地幔的异质性表明它是一个原始的,无序的内部.
- 经过脱位爬行的变形.
- 火星的内部进化与地球的进化有很大不同,因为它是单板的.
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