Structure of the lunar mantle

Details Structure of the lunar mantle Structure of the lunar mantle

Sep 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976jgr....81.4818n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 81, Sept. 10, 1976, p. 4818-4824.

Physics

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Lunar Mantle, Moonquakes, Planetary Structure, S Waves, Seismic Waves, Amplitudes, Decay, Lunar Crust, Meteoritic Damage, P Waves, Propagation Velocity, Terradynamics, Time Dependence, Velocity Distribution, Wave Propagation

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The structure of the lunar mantle is examined by using data on the decay of shear wave amplitude with distance and the relative arrival times of P and S waves. The new analysis confirms a previous lunar model based primarily upon travel times and more closely defines certain properties of the lunar mantle. A negative shear wave velocity gradient of 0.0013 (km/s)/km, shear wave Q of 4000, and Poisson's ratio of 0.250 plus or minus 0.025 are found for the upper mantle, which lies between the depths of 60 and 300 km. A rapid decrease of shear wave velocity with increasing depth is observed starting at around a 300-km depth, associated with a lower Q for shear waves. Poisson's ratio in the lower part of the middle mantle, which extends to a depth of about 1000 km, is estimated to be 0.36 plus or minus 0.02.

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