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This paper describes the results of tectonophysical modeling of the formation and evolution of novae and coronae—radial/concentric volcanotectonic structures typical of the surface of Venus. The formation of these structures is usually associated with the effect of the rising and subsequently relaxing mantle diapirs on the surface layers of the lithosphere. Two series of experiments with gravitational models reproduce the topographic changes and the evolution of structural patterns in the course of the formation of novae and coronae on Venus. For model materials, we chose (1) rubber (a Bingham liquid) to reproduce the behavior of the elastoviscous diapir material in one series of experiments and the lower part of the lithosphere in the other series and (2) flour to model tectonic structures in the upper, brittle part of the lithosphere. Regularities in the formation of the topographic and structural characteristics of novae and coronae have been demonstrated on models of different geometry. The process of formation of the dense radial fracturing in novae due to the mechanical elevation caused by the formation of a rising dome, which was suggested by many authors, is not corroborated by our models. In the course of modeling, we studied the influence of the relative dimensions of the diapir and the thickness of the overlying structures, or the relative depth of the neutral buoyancy surface of the diapir, on the topographic, morphological, and structural features of novae and coronae and on the possible paths of their evolution. Regularities are also revealed in the formation of tectonic structures in relation to the environment in which the diapir evolution occurs—in the brittle upper part of the lithosphere or in its lower, viscoplastic part. 相似文献
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This paper deals with some aspects of the formation and development of coronae, specific large circular structures on Venus. The origin of coronae is commonly associated with the effect of rising and subsequently relaxing hot mantle plumes (diapirs) on the surface layers of the lithosphere. A detailed photogeologic study of one of such structures, Nefertiti corona, which is undertaken in this paper, is based on an analysis of Magellanradar images. A sequence of geologic formations revealed in the territory under investigation made it possible, in combination with an analysis of tectonic structures, to develop a step-by-step scenario of the evolution of this structure. It was established that Nefertiti has gone the entire cycle of corona evolution—from the formation of a radially fractured rising dome (nova) to the mature corona. At the final stage of evolution of this corona, traces of its rejuvenation and the origin of a new system of radial fracturing in the central part of the corona are observed. Our observations of Nefertiti corona are compared to theoretical (numerically solved) and tectonophysical models of corona formation, which were described by some other researchers. The inferred evolution of Nefertiti agrees with commonly accepted geologic models of corona evolution. 相似文献
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The details of stratigraphic units and structures making up six coronae and their regional surroundings on Venus were examined
using full resolution Magellan images and stereoscopic coverage. Altimetry and stereoscopic coverage were essential in establishing
the local stratigraphic relationships and the timing of corona-related topography. The degree of preservation of signatures
of earlier corona-related activities and the scale of later corona-related activities vary significantly from corona to corona.
We compared the geologic sequence in each corona to regional and global stratigraphic units, placing the coronae in the broader
context of the geologic history of Venus. The results of this study were compared with earlier analyses bringing the total
number of corona considered to about 15% of the total corona population. We found that corona started forming soon after tessera
formation and largely spanned a significant part of the subsequent geologic history of Venus, over about 200–400 million years.
Topographic annulae were initiated in early post-tessera time but were largely completely formed by the time of emplacement
of regional plains with wrinkle ridges. Some coronae ceased activity by this time, while others continued until closer to
the present, although showing evidence of waning activity. Coronae-associated volcanism dominated many coronae during this
later stage. Convincing evidence of pre-regional plains corona- related volcanism was not found in the population examined
here. We conclude that coronae formed in a two stage process; the first stage (tectonic phase) involved the annular warping
of early extensive stratigraphic units of volcanic origin and the second (volcanic phase) involved coronae-related lava flow
activity and local fracturing. For the vast majority of coronae, the first tectonic phase was largely complete prior to the
emplacement of the regional plains (Pwr, plains with wrinkle ridges). The vast majority of corona-related volcanic activity
(emplacement of Pl, lobate flows) occurred subsequent to the emplacement of regional plains. We found no evidence of coronae
initiation in substantially later periods of the observed history of Venus.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Coronae may not be tectonovolcanic features ‘unique to Venus’ because both the processes that lead to corona formation, and
their final tectonovolcanic output (formation of domes, plateaus, extensional rings, etc.), are also found on Earth. Large-scale
corona formation processes on Earth may be restricted (because of plate motion) but not absent. The same applies to resurfacing
processes. We here suggest that at least, the early stages of corona formation can be recognized in intraplate tectonic settings
on Earth. The African plate displays many Cenozoic examples of plume-related domal uplifts and volcanism (e.g., Hoggar, Tibesti,
Darfur, Ethiopia). Furthermore, the east African rift system (EARS) around lake Victoria displays many striking features that
resemble those of the Venus coronae associated with extensional belts. Among these are the following: (1) an overall elliptical
shape; (2) the existence of a mantle plume (Kenya plume) centered beneath lake Victoria; (3) a central plateau (east African
plateau); (4) an external extensional belt (the EARS east and west branches); (5) doming processes (Kenya dome); and last
but not least (6) volcanism.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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It is obvious that Venusian volcanotectonic features, namely, coronae and novae, are somehow connected to each other. First, approximately half of the novae are located in the interior region of coronae. In addition, it is proposed that novae represent either the first or a later stage of corona evolution. However, the affects of novae structures on the properties of a corona have been uncertain. The analysis of the Hecate Chasma area shows that coronae with associated novae are different from those coronae with no associated novae structures: corona-nova joint structures are located at higher altitudes and show more prominent volcanism than single coronae. Furthermore, the latest morphologically recorded activity of corona-novae structures is, in general, younger than the latest morphologically recorded activity of the lone coronae. Therefore, it is apparent that the associated novae have a noticeable affect to the characteristics of the adjoining coronae. A stratigraphical analysis of the area has established that the region shows the age relationships expected from the global-scale stratigraphy model by Basilevsky and Head (1995a, 1995b, 2000). In addition, the analysis showed that the formation of coronae and novae cannot be exclusively connected to a certain time era in Venusian geological history, at least not in that particular area.__________From Astronomicheskii Vestnik, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2005, pp. 227—242.Original English Text Copyright © 2005 by Aittola, Raitala.This article was submitted by the authors in English. 相似文献
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Beta Regio, Venus: Evidence for uplift, rifting, and volcanism due to a mantle plume 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Geophysical data have led to the interpretation that Beta Regio, a 2000×25000 km wide topographic rise with associated rifting and volcanism, formed due to the rise of a hot mantle diapir interpreted to be caused by a mantle plume. We have tested this hypothesis through detailed geologic mapping of the V-17 quadrangle, which includes a significant part of the Beta Regio rise, and reconnaissance mapping of the remaining parts of this region. Our analysis documents signatures of an early stage of uplift in the formation of the Agrona Linea fracture belts before the emplacement of regional plains and their deformation by wrinkle ridging. We see evidence that the Theia rift-associated volcanism occurred during the first part of post-regional-plains time and cannot exclude that it continued into later time. We also see evidence that Devana Chasma rifting was active during the first and the second parts of post-regional-plains time. These data are consistent with uplift, rifting and volcanism associated with a mantle diapir. Geophysical modeling shows that diapiric upwelling may continue at the present time. Together these data suggest that the duration of mantle diapir activity was as long as several hundred million years. The regional plains north of Beta rise and the area east and west of it were little affected by the Beta-forming plume, but the broader area (at least 4000 km across), whose center-northern part includes Beta Regio, could have experienced earlier uplift as morphologically recorded in formation of tessera transitional terrain. 相似文献
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In this study we explore the idea that coronae have formed on Venus as a result of gravitational (Rayleigh-Taylor) instability of the lithosphere. The lithosphere is represented by a system of stratified homogeneous viscous layers (low-density crust over high density mantle, over lower density layer beneath the lithosphere). A small harmonic perturbation imposed on the base of the lithosphere is observed to result in gravitational instability under the constraint of assumed axisymmetry. Topography develops with time under the influence of dynamic stress associated with downwelling or upwelling, and spatially variable crustal thickening or thinning. Topography may therefore be elevated or depressed above a mantle downwelling, but the computed gravity anomaly is always negative above a mantle downwelling in a homogeneous asthenosphere. The ratio of peak gravity to topography anomaly depends primarily on the ratio of crust to lithospheric viscosity. Average observed ratios are well resolved for two groups of coronae (∼40 mgal km−1), consistent with models in which the crust is perhaps 5 times stronger than the lithosphere. Group 3a (rim surrounding elevated central region) coronae are inferred to arise from a central upwelling model, whereas Group 8 (depression) coronae are inferred to arise from central downwelling. Observed average coronae radii are consistent with a lithospheric thickness of only 50 km. An upper low-density crustal layer is 10-20 km thick, as inferred from the amplitude of gravity and topography anomalies. 相似文献
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The main major ridge belts of Ganiki Planitia on Venus (Lama, Ahsonnutli and Pandrosos Dorsa) are part of the fan-shaped ridge belt complex along the 200 parallel of longitude. These ridge belts with evidence of crustal shortening support the idea of a large-scale E-W compression. The ridge belt patterns indicate a N-S shear component. These forces are explained by a triangular planitia area which compressed by surrounding terrains. The crustal shortening and ridge belt formation indicates compressional plate movement stresses in the uppermost lithosphere.Three sizes of ridge belt structure are to be found within Ganiki Planitia. (1) The ridge belt spacing of 200–400 km can be used to estimate the depth of the major uppermost homogeneous layer of Venus. There are numerous volcanic coronae, paterae and montes located along the main ridge belts or at their junctions. (2) Mid-size ridge groups or subbelts are to be found within the major ridge belts. These are formed by more local responses to tectonic stresses in the stratified uppermost crust. A wavelength of 40–70 km can be seen as a result of bending of the crustal strata and may relate to its thickness. (3) Small individual ridges are connected with most local stresses, defining places where the surface layers broke along the crests of large ridge belts or mid-scale subbelts. Radial and concentric mare ridge-like structures around coronae indicate that corona formation was effective at a sufficiently close vicinity to fault the surface. 相似文献
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We have reinvestigated the coupled thermal and crustal evolution of Mars taking new laboratory data concerning the flow behavior of iron-rich olivine into account. The low mantle viscosities associated with the relatively higher iron content of the martian mantle as well as the observed high concentrations of heat producing elements in a crust with a reduced thermal conductivity were found to promote phases of crustal recycling in many models. As crustal recycling is incompatible with an early separation of geochemical reservoirs, models were required to show no episodes of crustal recycling. Furthermore, admissible models were required to reproduce the martian crust formation history, to allow for the formation of partial melt under present day mantle conditions and to reproduce the measured concentrations of potassium and thorium on the martian surface. Taking dehydration stiffening of the mantle viscosity by the extraction of water from the mantle into account, we found that admissible models have low initial upper mantle temperatures around 1650 K, preferably a primordial crustal thickness of 30 km, and an initially wet mantle rheology. The crust formation process on Mars would then be driven by the extraction of a primordial crust after core formation, cooling the mantle to temperatures close to the peridotite solidus. According to this scenario, the second stage of global crust formation took place over a more extended period of time, waning at around 3500 Myr b.p., and was driven by heat produced by the decay of radioactive elements. Present-day volcanism would then be driven by mantle plumes originating at the core-mantle boundary under regions of locally thickened, thermally insulating crust. Water extraction from the mantle was found to be relatively efficient and close to 40% of the total inventory was lost from the mantle in most models. Assuming an initial mantle water content of 100 ppm and that 10% of the extracted water is supplied to the surface, this amount is equivalent to a 14 m thick global surface layer, suggesting that volcanic outgassing of H2O could have significantly influenced the early martian climate and increased the planet’s habitability. 相似文献
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The article presents a new tectonic scheme of Venus and gives the following interpretation of the planet's main structural units: (1) plains — areas of flood volcanism over stretched crust; (2) dome-like uplifts — areas of uplifting and volcanic activity above the mantle hot-spots; (3) coronae —former dome-like uplifts, partially subsided and diffused by gravity; (4) ridge belts — fold zones; (5) tesserae — fragments of ductile compression and shortening of crust; (6) supercoronae — coronae formed in the course of further evolution and relaxation of Beta-type uplifts. Ishtar Terra is considered to be a fragment of an ancient tessera paleocontinent, on the edge of which the Lakshmi supercorona is superimposed. Aphrodite Terra is considered as a belt of mantle hot-spot structures (dome-like uplifts, coronae, supercoronae, volcanoes, rifts).Three types of planetary belts have been distinguished on Venus: uplifted 'weakened' belts with an abundance of mantle hot-spot structures; a northern fan of ridge belts; and belts of low basalt plains. The center of the planetary system of uplifted weakened belts is situated in Atla Regio.The present tectonic structure of Venus is inferred to have formed during two stages of evolution characterized by different tectonic regimes. Stage I is a regime of soft ductile plates (formation of tessera uplifts and volcanic plains). Stage II is a formation of 'weakened' uplifted planetary belts, various tectonic regimes of mantle hot-spots, and plains-forming volcanism.'Geology and Tectonics of Venus', special issue edited by Alexander T. Basilevsky (USSR Acad. of Sci. Moscow), James W. Head (Brown University, Providence), Gordon H. Pettengill (MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts) and R. S. Saunders (J.P.L., Pasadena). 相似文献
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X-ray spectra of accretion discs with dynamic coronae 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Julien Malzac rei M. Beloborodov Juri Poutanen 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2001,326(2):417-427
We compute the X-ray spectra produced by non-static coronae atop accretion discs around black holes and neutron stars. The hot corona is radiatively coupled to the underlying disc (the reflector) and generates an X-ray spectrum which is sensitive to the bulk velocity of the coronal plasma, β = v / c . We show that an outflowing corona reproduces the hard-state spectrum of Cyg X-1 and similar objects. The dynamic model predicts a correlation between the observed amplitude of reflection R and the X-ray spectrum slope Γ since both strongly depend on β . A similar correlation was observed and its shape was well fitted by the dynamic model. The scattering of soft radiation in an outflowing corona can also account for the observed optical–UV polarization pattern in active galactic nuclei. 相似文献
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Abstract— The 80 km wide Vredefort dome presents a unique opportunity to investigate the deep levels of the central uplift of a very large impact structure. Exposure of progressively older strata in the collar of the dome and of progressively higher‐grade metamorphic rocks toward its center is consistent with differential uplift; however, the deepest levels exposed correspond to pre‐impact midcrust, rather than lower crust, as has been suggested previously. Pre‐impact Archean gneissic fabrics in the core of the dome are differentially rotated, with the angle of rotation increasing sharply at a distance of ?16–19 km from the center. The present asymmetric dips of the collar strata, with layering dipping outward at moderate angles in the southeastern sector but being overturned and dipping inward in the northwestern sector, and the eccentric distribution of the pre‐impact metamorphic isograds around the core of the dome can be reconciled with symmetric rotation of an initially obliquely NW‐dipping target sequence during central uplift formation. The rocks in the core of the dome lack distinctive megablocks or large‐slip‐magnitude faults such as have been described in other central uplifts. We suggest that the large‐scale coherent response of these rocks to the central uplift formation could have been accommodated by small‐scale shear and/or rotation along pervasive pseudotachylitic breccia vein‐fractures. 相似文献
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Recently, 3D STEREO observations explained the 3D structure of EUV waves. Patsourakos and Vourlidas (Astrophys. J. 700, L182, 2009), Veronig et al. (Astrophys. J. 716, L57, 2010) and Selwa, Poedts, and DeVore (Astrophys. J. 747, L21, 2012) reported on the dome-shaped EUV waves resulting from different events. Here, we model, by means of 3D MHD simulations, the formation of dome-shaped EUV waves in rotating active regions (ARs). The numerical simulations are initialized with idealized (multi-)dipolar coronal (low β) configurations. Next, we apply a sheared rotational motion to the central parts of all the positive and negative flux regions at the photospheric boundary. As a result, the flux tubes connecting the flux sources become twisted. We find that in all the studied configurations of idealized ARs, the rotating motion results in a dome-shaped structure originating from the AR. However, the shape of the dome depends on the initial configuration (topology of the AR). The initial stage of the wave evolution consists of multiple fronts that later merge together forming a single wave. The observed EUV wave propagates nearly isotropically on the disk and also in the upward direction. We remark that the initial stage of the evolution is determined by the driver and not caused by a magnetic reconnection event. At a later stage, however, the wave propagates freely. We study the different wave properties resulting from different driver speeds and find that independent of the initial AR topology the 3D dome-shaped wave is excited in the system. The symmetry of the 3D dome depends on the topology of the AR and on the duration of the driver. The EUV wave triggered is independent of the temporal profile of the driver. However, the properties of the wave (speed, sharpness of the cross-section, etc.) depend on the type of the trigger. 相似文献
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Eric G. Blackman George B. Field 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2000,318(3):724-732
We show that a steady mean-field dynamo in astrophysical rotators leads to an outflow of relative magnetic helicity and thus magnetic energy available for particle and wind acceleration in a corona. The connection between energy and magnetic helicity arises because mean-field generation is linked to an inverse cascade of magnetic helicity. To maintain a steady state in large magnetic Reynolds number rotators, there must then be an escape of relative magnetic helicity associated with the mean field, accompanied by an equal and opposite contribution from the fluctuating field. From the helicity flow, a lower limit on the magnetic energy deposited in the corona can be estimated. Steady coronal activity including the dissipation of magnetic energy, and formation of multi-scale helical structures therefore necessarily accompanies an internal dynamo. This highlights the importance of boundary conditions which allow this to occur for non-linear astrophysical dynamo simulations. Our theoretical estimate of the power delivered by a mean-field dynamo is consistent with that inferred from observations to be delivered to the solar corona, the Galactic corona, and Seyfert 1 AGN coronae. 相似文献
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R. D. Jeffries 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》1998,295(4):825-833
The short-period, eclipsing, magnetically active binary system XY UMa has been observed over several orbital cycles at X-ray wavelengths. The X-ray light curves vary owing to obvious flares and other lower level activity on time-scales of days. These data caution against deducing coronal structure on the basis of a single orbit of X-ray data. In contrast to similar binary systems, XY UMa shows no significant X-ray eclipses. This is interpreted as evidence for either extended (> 1 R ⊙ ) coronae or a compact corona at high, uneclipsed latitudes on the primary star. The extended coronal scenario is favoured by some observational features of other systems such as extended radio coronae, long-duration X-ray flares and cool prominences, but unfavoured by others such as high coronal densities from EUV spectroscopy. A high-latitude compact corona might be associated with the high-latitude starspots seen in many active stars. Nearly simultaneous optical light curves suggest that some equatorial spots were present at the time of the X-ray observations, but fewer than in previous or subsequent years and that high-latitude spots must also be present. It is speculated that the lack of X-ray eclipses and dearth of equatorial, compact coronal regions are associated with a minimum in XY UMa's magnetic activity cycle. 相似文献
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Data from the recent gravity measurements by the Galileo mission are used to construct wide ranges of interior structure and composition models for the Galilean satellites of Jupiter. These models show that mantle densities of Io and Europa are consistent with an olivine-dominated mineralogy with the ratios of Mg to Fe components depending on mantle temperature for Io and on ice shell thickness for Europa. The mantle density and composition depend relatively little on core composition. The size of the core is largely determined by the core's composition with core radius increasing with the concentration of a light component such as sulfur. For Io, the range of possible core sizes is between 38 and 53% of the satellite's radius. For Europa, there is also a substantial effect of the thickness of the ice layer which is varied between 120 and 170 km on the core size. Core sizes are between 10 and 45% of Europa's radius. The core size of Ganymede ranges between one-quarter and one-third of the surface radius depending on its sulfur content and the thickness of the ice shell. A subset of the Ganymede models is consistent with an olivine-dominated mantle mineralogy. The thickness of the silicate mantle above the core varies between 900 and 1100 km. The outermost ice shell is about 900 km in thickness and is further subdivided by pressure-induced phase transitions into ice I, ice III, ice V, and ice VI layers. Callisto should be differentiated, albeit incompletely. It is proposed that this satellite was never molten at a large scale but differentiated through the convective gradual unmixing of the ice and the metal/rock component. Bulk iron-to-silicon ratios Fe/Si calculated for the inner pair of satellites, Io and Europa, are less than the CI carbonaceous chondrite value of 1.7±0.1, whereas ratios for the outer pair, Ganymede and Callisto, cover a broad range above the chondritic value. Although the ratios are uncertain, in particular for Ganymede and Callisto, the values are sufficiently distinct to suggest a difference in composition between these two pairs of satellites. This may indicate a difference in iron-silicon fractionation during the formation of both classes of satellites in the protojovian nebula. 相似文献
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James Binney Carlo Nipoti Filippo Fraternali 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2009,397(4):1804-1815
We examine the proposal that the H i 'high-velocity' clouds (HVCs) surrounding the Milky Way and other disc galaxies form by condensation of the hot galactic corona via thermal instability. Under the assumption that the galactic corona is well represented by a non-rotating, stratified atmosphere, we find that for this formation mechanism to work the corona must have an almost perfectly flat entropy profile. In all other cases, the growth of thermal perturbations is suppressed by a combination of buoyancy and thermal conduction. Even if the entropy profile were nearly flat, cold clouds with sizes smaller than 10 kpc could form in the corona of the Milky Way only at radii larger than 100 kpc , in contradiction with the determined distances of the largest HVC complexes. Clouds with sizes of a few kpc can form in the inner halo only in low-mass systems. We conclude that unless even slow rotation qualitatively changes the dynamics of a corona, thermal instability is unlikely to be a viable mechanism for formation of cold clouds around disc galaxies. 相似文献
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Rolf Mewe 《Solar physics》1996,169(2):335-348
Since in 1948 X-rays were detected from the solar corona, stellar coronae were among the first predicted non-solar X-ray sources. However, because of their relatively low X-ray luminosity, the first non-solar stellar corona was not detected in X-rays until 1974 - twelve years after the discovery of the first non-solar X-ray source. After the 1980s, with the advent of sensitive X-ray imaging instruments on board the EINSTEIN, EXOSAT, and later the ROSAT observatories, the study of stellar coronae has become a vastly growing field of research. These X-ray observations have demonstrated that X-ray emitting coronae are a common feature among stars on the cool side of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, with the probable exception of single very cool giant and supergiant stars and A-type dwarfs. The instruments on board these satellites provided for the first time a taste of what can be achieved with X-ray spectroscopy and with the advent of the EUVE (1992) and ASCA (1993), detailed spectroscopy of stellar coronae in the EUV and X-ray regimes got off to a real start. The observations have permitted the identification of coronal material at different temperatures whose existence relates to a range of possible magnetic loop structures in the hot outer atmospheres of stars. The higher spectral resolution of the next generation of spectrometers on board NASA's AXAF (1998), ESA's XMM (1999), and the Japanese ASTRO-E (2000) will improve the determination of coronal temperature structure, abundances, and densities from which loop geometries can be derived and will enable velocity diagnostics. This paper reviews our present knowledge of observational stellar X-ray spectroscopy up to EUVE and ASCA and briefly discusses the perspectives for coronal diagnostics offered by AXAF, XMM, and ASTRO-E.Dedicated to Cornelis de Jager 相似文献
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Steven W. Squyres 《Icarus》1980,44(2):472-480
Voyager images of Ganymede show two broad, gently sloping dome-shaped features. They lie in grooved terrain and have diameters of roughly 250 km. The one observed at high resolution has a summit elevation 2–2.5 km above the surrounding plains, and appears to be surrounded by a field of secondary craters. Two formation processes are considered: water vulcanism triggered by a major impact, and isostatic upwarping of a crater formed in a thin crust. Numerical simulation of nonadiabatic water vulcanism indicates that the volume of the domes is inconsistent with eruption through a conduit created by complete penetration of the crust by an impact. It is consistent, however, with eruption through fractures created by an impact that excavates partly through a thin crust. Isostatic upwarp rates calculated as a function of effective crustal temperature indicate that upwarping could also create such a dome if the impact excavated to depths where the crust was sufficiently warm and mobile. Both models require that the density of the crust slightly exceed that of a liquid water mantle for a short period of time. Morphologic evidence suggests that both processes may have been important. If either of the proposed models is correct, the situation of the domes in grooved terrain implies that grooved terrain formation occurred prior to the thickening and stiffening of Ganymede's crust. 相似文献
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N. A. Artemieva K. Wünnemann F. Krien W. U. Reimold D. Stöffler 《Meteoritics & planetary science》2013,48(4):590-627
We present the results of numerical modeling of the formation of the Ries crater utilizing the two hydrocodes SOVA and iSALE. These standard models allow us to reproduce crater shape, size, and morphology, and composition and extension of the continuous ejecta blanket. Some of these results cannot, however, be readily reconciled with observations: the impact plume above the crater consists mainly of molten and vaporized sedimentary rocks, containing very little material in comparison with the ejecta curtain; at the end of the modification stage, the crater floor is covered by a thick layer of impact melt with a total volume of 6–11 km3; the thickness of true fallback material from the plume inside the crater does not exceed a couple of meters; ejecta from all stratigraphic units of the target are transported ballistically; no separation of sedimentary and crystalline rocks—as observed between suevites and Bunte Breccia at Ries—is noted. We also present numerical results quantifying the existing geological hypotheses of Ries ejecta emplacement from an impact plume, by melt flow, or by a pyroclastic density current. The results show that none of these mechanisms is consistent with physical constraints and/or observations. Finally, we suggest a new hypothesis of suevite formation and emplacement by postimpact interaction of hot impact melt with water or volatile‐rich sedimentary rocks. 相似文献