Spectral properties, magnetic fields, and dust transport at lunar swirls   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ian Garrick-Bethell  James W. Head III  Carle M. Pieters 《Icarus》2011,212(2):480-492

Lunar swirls are albedo anomalies associated with strong crustal magnetic fields. Swirls exhibit distinctive spectral properties at both highland and mare locations that are plausibly explained by fine-grained dust sorting. The sorting may result from two processes that are fairly well established on the Moon, but have not been previously considered together. The first process is the vertical electrostatic lofting of charged fine dust. The second process is the development of electrostatic potentials at magnetic anomalies as solar wind protons penetrate more deeply into the magnetic field than electrons. The electrostatic potential can attract or repel charged fine-grained dust that has been lofted. Since the finest fraction of the lunar soil is bright and contributes significantly to the spectral properties of the lunar regolith, the horizontal accumulation or removal of fine dust can change a surface’s spectral properties. This mechanism can explain some of the spectral properties of swirls, accommodates their association with magnetic fields, and permits aspects of weathering by micrometeoroids and the solar wind.  相似文献   

月球Reiner Gamma漩涡地区物质的光度行为及分类     

张江  凌宗成  李勃  武中臣 《岩石学报》2016,32(1):113-118

月球漩涡是月球表面具有磁场异常和光度异常的独特地质特征,其成因目前仍存在争议。本文以典型的Reiner Gamma漩涡为例,利用LROC WAC观测数据,建立该地区主要地质单元(明亮斑纹、暗带和周边月海)的光度模型。研究表明,除光谱特性外,漩涡地区各地质单元的光度行为可作为物质分类的重要依据。Reiner Gamma漩涡地区的明亮斑纹与暗带和周边月海的光度特性完全不同,其异常光度行为(相函数参数)可能与漩涡的强水平方向磁场存在关联。暗带与周边月海的亮度和光谱特性相近,但具有明显不同的相函数参数,其光度行为介于周边月海和明亮斑纹之间,表明它们的月壤物理特性存在差异。  相似文献