Titan's surface at 2.2-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Calibration and first results     

M.A. Janssen  R.D. Lorenz  F. Paganelli  R.L. Kirk  S.D. Wall  Y. Anderson  P. Callahan  G.A. Hamilton  L. Roth  A. Le Gall  the Cassini Radar Team 《Icarus》2009,200(1):222-239

The first comprehensive calibration and mapping of the thermal microwave emission from Titan's surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.2-cm wavelength by the passive radiometer included in the Cassini Radar instrument. The data reported were accumulated from 69 separate observational segments in Titan passes from Ta (October 2004) through T30 (May 2007) and include emission from 94% of Titan's surface. They are diverse in the key observing parameters of emission angle, polarization, and spatial resolution, and their reduction into calibrated global mosaic maps involved several steps. Analysis of the polarimetry obtained at low to moderate resolution (50+ km) enabled integration of the radiometry into a single mosaic of the equivalent brightness temperature at normal incidence with a relative precision of about 1 K. The Huygens probe measurement of Titan's surface temperature and radiometry obtained on Titan's dune fields allowed us to infer an absolute calibration estimated to be accurate to a level approaching 1 K. The results provide evidence for a surface that is complex and varied on large scales. The radiometry primarily constrains physical properties of the surface, where we see strong evidence for subsurface (volume) scattering as a dominant mechanism that determines the emissivity, with the possibility of a fluffy or graded-density surface layer in many regions. The results are consistent with, but not necessarily definitive of a surface composition resulting from the slow deposition and processing of organic compounds from the atmosphere.  相似文献   

Fundamentally distinct outcomes of asteroid collisional evolution and catastrophic disruption     

Andrew F. Cheng  The Hayabusa Team 《Planetary and Space Science》2009,57(2):165-172

The outcomes of asteroid collisional evolution are presently unclear: are most asteroids larger than 1 km size gravitational aggregates reaccreted from fragments of a parent body that was collisionally disrupted, while much smaller asteroids are collisional shards that were never completely disrupted? The 16 km mean diameter S-type asteroid 433 Eros, visited by the NEAR mission, has surface geology consistent with being a fractured shard. A ubiquitous fabric of linear structural features is found on the surface of Eros and probably indicates a globally consolidated structure beneath its regolith cover. Despite the differences in absolute scale and in lighting conditions for NEAR and Hayabusa, similar features should have been found on 25143 Itokawa if present. This much smaller, 320 m diameter S-asteroid was visited by the Hayabusa spacecraft. Comparative analyses of Itokawa and Eros geology reveal fundamental differences, and interpretation of Eros geology is illuminated by comparison with Itokawa. Itokawa lacks a global lineament fabric, and its blocks, craters, and regolith may be inconsistent with formation and evolution as a fractured shard, unlike Eros. An object as small as Itokawa can form as a rubble pile, while much larger Eros formed as a fractured shard. Itokawa is not a scaled-down Eros, but formed by catastrophic disruption and reaccumulation.  相似文献   

滇西兰坪盆地五茂林剖面下白垩统景星组沉积相   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1       下载免费PDF全文

吴根耀  矢野孝雄  谭明清 《古地理学报》2004,6(3):380-384

实测了云南西部兰坪盆地东部下白垩统下部景星组的五茂林剖面,建立了曲流河、三角洲和湖泊3种沉积序列,其中三角洲序列在云南下白垩统中属首次建立。分析了粗碎屑岩的组成,将该剖面上出露的砾岩分成4类。早白垩世时兰坪盆地属丹那沙林-高黎贡弧的弧后盆地,景星组自下而上为曲流河沉积、三角洲沉积和湖泊沉积,且随湖侵发生,湖泊向西扩大。  相似文献   

Dunes on Titan observed by Cassini Radar     

J. Radebaugh  R.D. Lorenz  S.D. Wall  E. Reffet  R.M. Lopes  L. Soderblom  M. Janssen  P. Callahan  the Cassini Radar Team 《Icarus》2008,194(2):690-703

Thousands of longitudinal dunes have recently been discovered by the Titan Radar Mapper on the surface of Titan. These are found mainly within ±30° of the equator in optically-, near-infrared-, and radar-dark regions, indicating a strong proportion of organics, and cover well over 5% of Titan's surface. Their longitudinal duneform, interactions with topography, and correlation with other aeolian forms indicate a single, dominant wind direction aligned with the dune axis plus lesser, off-axis or seasonally alternating winds. Global compilations of dune orientations reveal the mean wind direction is dominantly eastwards, with regional and local variations where winds are diverted around topographically high features, such as mountain blocks or broad landforms. Global winds may carry sediments from high latitude regions to equatorial regions, where relatively drier conditions prevail, and the particles are reworked into dunes, perhaps on timescales of thousands to tens of thousands of years. On Titan, adequate sediment supply, sufficient wind, and the absence of sediment carriage and trapping by fluids are the dominant factors in the presence of dunes.  相似文献   

V. A. Ambartsumian— a life in science     

The editorial board of the journal Astrofizika 《Astrophysics》2008,51(3):280-293

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第十五批天文学名词的推荐译名     

中国天文学会天文学名词审定委员会 《天文学进展》2008,26(1):95-99

中国天文学会名词审定委员会从1985年开始在<天文学进展>发表天文学名词的推荐译名,到2007年已公布了14批2280个名词.现再推荐第十五批151个名词,其中大多数是近年来出现的天文学新词.希望读者在试用过程中对译名提出改进意见.  相似文献   

Two-dimensional Numerical Modeling Research on Continent Subduction Dynamics   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

WANG Zhimin  XU Bei  ZHOU Yaoqi  XU Hehua  HUANG Shaoying The Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts  Crustal Evolution 《《地质学报》英文版》2004,78(1):313-319

Continent subduction is one of the hot research problems in geoscience. New models presented here have been set up and two-dimensional numerical modeling research on the possibility of continental subduction has been made with the finite element software, ANSYS, based on documentary evidence and reasonable assumptions that the subduction of oceanic crust has occurred, the subduction of continental crust can take place and the process can be simplified to a discontinuous plane strain theory model. The modeling results show that it is completely possible for continental crust to be subducted to a depth of 120 km under certain circumstances and conditions. At the same time, the simulations of continental subduction under a single dynamical factor have also been made, including the pull force of the subducted oceanic lithosphere, the drag force connected with mantle convection and the push force of the mid-ocean ridge. These experiments show that the drag force connected with mantle convection is critical fo  相似文献   

Geochemical evidence of aeolian deposits in European soils     

Andreas J. Scheib  Manfred Birke  Enrico Dinelli  GEMAS Project Team 《Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research》2014,43(1):175-192

Hafnium (Hf) and zirconium (Zr) concentrations measured in over 4100 agricultural soil samples from Europe were assessed with the focus on their relationship to the distribution of aeolian deposits, such as loess and coversands. Comparison of extractable (aqua regia; ICP‐MS) and total (XRFS) concentrations shows that only 1.0 to 1.7% of the total Hf and Zr is chemically extractable because of the resistant nature of their host minerals. Resistate minerals, such as zircon, are commonly found in the predominantly silty fraction of loess deposits. In this study a statistical analysis of total Hf and Zr soil data from areas with and without loess was carried out to derive threshold values of 10 mg kg^?1 (Hf) and 318 mg kg^?1 (Zr). These values were subsequently applied across the project area in an attempt to indicate the presence of aeolian deposits. The spatial distribution of above‐threshold concentrations suggests a more extensive and coherent loess belt across central and eastern Europe, providing additional evidence of loess across Brittany, Aquitaine and near the Vosges mountains in France as well as in the basins of central and northern Spain. Above‐threshold concentrations were also detected in loess regardless of its thickness, emphasising the importance of the abundance of zircon in the upper part of the soil profile rather than the actual thickness of the deposit. Soil data however, failed to indicate various loess facies within most of the Pannonian Basin, suggesting that this approach only works where deposits contain a sufficient amount of zircon. This may also explain why the extensive coversands across northern Germany and Poland were largely undetected. This study demonstrates that continental‐scale soil geochemical data can help identify and map the distribution of zircon‐rich loess and coversand, and subsequently enhance and improve current knowledge of the extent of these deposits.  相似文献   

ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LYTTONIA FAUNA IN THE VICINITY OF KWEI-YANG,KWEI-CHOW PROVINCE     

乐森璕 《地质学报》1927,6(1):51-52

The so-called Lyttonia Fauna in its broader sense, is known at presentto have an universally wide geographical distribution. It had been reportedoccurring in Texas and Canada of North America; Palermo of Mediterranean  相似文献   

纪念《气象》出版300期     

<气象>编辑部 《气象》1999,25(12):1-1

<气象>第300期同广大读者见面了!我们十分高兴地和亲爱的读者谈谈我们的心里话. <气象>自1975年复刊以来已经走过了二十五年.这些年来<气象>杂志已成为一本在国内外具有一定知名度和影响力的杂志.<气象>杂志在由中国科学引文数据库统计的"被引频次最高的中国科技期刊500名排行表"中排名较前,被北京大学图书馆和北京高校图书馆期刊研究会评定为核心期刊.  相似文献