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Article Dans Une Revue Geophysical Research Letters Année : 2023

Constraints for the Martian Crustal Structure From Rayleigh Waves Ellipticity of Large Seismic Events

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For the first time, we measured the ellipticity of direct Rayleigh waves at intermediate periods (15-35 s) on Mars using the recordings of three large seismic Martian events, including S1222a, the largest event recorded by the InSight mission. These measurements, together with P-to-s receiver functions and P-wave reflection times, were utilized for performing a joint inversion of the local crustal structure at the InSight landing site. Our inversion results are compatible with previously reported intra-crustal discontinuities around 10 and 20 km depths, whereas the preferred models show a strong discontinuity at ∼37 km, which is interpreted as the crust-mantle interface. Additionally, we support the presence of a shallow low-velocity layer of 2-3 km thickness. Compared to nearby regions, lower seismic wave velocities are derived for the crust, suggesting a higher porosity or alteration of the whole local crust.
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insu-04199338 , version 1 (07-09-2023)

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Sebastián. Carrasco, Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun, Ludovic Margerin, Zongbo Xu, Rakshit Joshi, et al.. Constraints for the Martian Crustal Structure From Rayleigh Waves Ellipticity of Large Seismic Events. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50, ⟨10.1029/2023GL104816⟩. ⟨insu-04199338⟩
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