Ejecta thickness and structural rim uplift measurements of Martian impact craters: Implications for the rim formation of complex impact craters
Ejecta thickness and structural rim uplift measurements of Martian impact craters: Implications for the rim formation of complex impact craters
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火星撞击坑的喷射物厚度和结构边缘隆起测量:对复杂撞击坑边缘形成的影响
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10.1002/2015je004959
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2016
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Hergarten
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作者:
Kenkmann;Hergarten
The elevated rim in simple craters results from the structural uplift of preimpact target rocks and the deposition of a coherent proximal ejecta blanket at the outer edge of the transient cavity. Given the considerable, widening of the transient cavity during crater modification and ejecta thickness distributions, the cause of elevated crater rims in complex craters is less obvious. The thick, proximal ejecta in complex impact craters is deposited well inside the final crater rim and target thickening should rapidly diminish with increasing distance from the transient cavity rim. Our study of 10 complex Martian impact craters ranging from 8.2 to 53.0 km in diameter demonstrates that the mean structural rim uplift at the final crater rim makes 81% of the total rim elevation, while the mean ejecta thickness contributes 19%. Thus, the structural rim uplift seems to be the dominant factor to build up the total amount of the raised crater rim of complex craters. To measure the widening of the transient cavity during modification and the distance between the rim of the final crater and that of the transient cavity, we constructed balanced cross section restorations to estimate the transient cavity of nine complex Martian impact craters. The final crater radii are ~1.38–1.87 times the transient cavity radii. We propose that target uplift at the position of the final crater rim was established during the excavation stage.
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