Structure Along the Martian Dichotomy Constrained by Rayleigh and Love Waves and Their Overtones
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS(2023)
Abstract
Using seismic recordings of event S1222a, we measure dispersion curves of Rayleigh and Love waves, including their first overtones, and invert these for shear velocity (V-S) and radial anisotropic structure of the Martian crust. The crustal structure along the topographic dichotomy is characterized by a fairly uniform vertically polarized shear velocity (V-SV) of 3.17 km/s between similar to 5 and 30 km depth, compatible with the previous study by Kim et al. (2022), . Radial anisotropy as large as 12% (V-SH > V-SV) is required in the crust between 5 and 40 km depth. At greater depths, we observe a large discontinuity near 63 +/- 10 km, below which V-SV reaches 4.1 km/s. We interpret this velocity increase as the crust-mantle boundary along the path. Combined gravimetric modeling suggests that the observed average crustal thickness favors the absence of large-scale density differences across the topographic dichotomy.
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Key words
InSight,Mars,surface waves,Martian crust,Martian dichotomy
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