在南极测量宇宙球体的积累率
S Taylor1, J H Lever, R P Harvey
1US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA.
Nature
|May 15, 1998
概括
研究人员从南极冰层收集了外星微石,以准确测量它们的流入. 研究结果显示,大约90%的进来的亚毫米宇宙尘埃质量在进入大气层时丢失.
科学领域:
- 宇宙尘埃研究 宇宙尘埃研究
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
背景情况:
- 微流星,即外星粒子<1mm,代表了地球积累的大部分质量.
- 它们提供了对小行星,彗星,行星和太阳前颗粒的洞察力.
- 之前的流量测量由于气候变化,收集效率低下和约会不佳而存在不确定性.
研究的目的:
- 为了克服以前微型石流量测量的局限性.
- 精确确定宇宙球体的流量和质量分布.
- 为了限制微石进入大气层生存的模型.
主要方法:
- 来自南极水井的成千上万保存完好的,有历史的微流星的集合.
- 对50-700微米的宇宙球体 (化微石) 的分析.
- 估计未融化的微石丰富度,以计算总入射质量.
主要成果:
- 精确估计宇宙球体的流量和质量分布.
- 这表明,大约90%的进来的亚毫米粒子质量在进入大气层时会蒸发.
- 识别来自深海沉积物的玻璃丰富和小石质球体的损失.
结论:
- 南极水井为微石研究提供了一个独特的,可靠的来源.
- 进入大气层显著减少了传入的微石的质量.
- 数据为了解微型石生存概率提供了关键的限制.
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