The interior of Mars revealed
The interior of a planet holds important clues to its origin and thermal and dynamic evolution. Exploring a planet's deeper layers can reveal how a planet accreted and differentiated into layers, whether its core sustains a geodynamo that creates a magnetic field, and what the origin is of any...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2021
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| description | The interior of a planet holds important clues to its origin and thermal and dynamic evolution. Exploring a planet's deeper layers can reveal how a planet accreted and differentiated into layers, whether its core sustains a geodynamo that creates a magnetic field, and what the origin is of any tectonic and volcanic activity. New clues are now uncovered for Mars. On pages 438, 434, and 443 of this issue, Knapmeyer-Endrun et al. (1), Khan et al. (2), and Stähler et al. (3), respectively, present the first findings of the interior structure of Mars based on data from the NASA lander InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport). These studies provide the first direct observations of the crust, mantle, and core structure on another rocky planet, for which the results and implications can be compared and contrasted with the characteristics of Earth. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:111dedef-e6d0-479b-a431-aa7be4e0659c2023-08-01T09:49:35ZThe interior of Mars revealedJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501uuid:111dedef-e6d0-479b-a431-aa7be4e0659cEnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science2021Cottaar, SKoelemeijer, PThe interior of a planet holds important clues to its origin and thermal and dynamic evolution. Exploring a planet's deeper layers can reveal how a planet accreted and differentiated into layers, whether its core sustains a geodynamo that creates a magnetic field, and what the origin is of any tectonic and volcanic activity. New clues are now uncovered for Mars. On pages 438, 434, and 443 of this issue, Knapmeyer-Endrun et al. (1), Khan et al. (2), and Stähler et al. (3), respectively, present the first findings of the interior structure of Mars based on data from the NASA lander InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport). These studies provide the first direct observations of the crust, mantle, and core structure on another rocky planet, for which the results and implications can be compared and contrasted with the characteristics of Earth. |
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