Computer Science
Scientific paper
Mar 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..107b&link_type=abstract
Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 107
Computer Science
Density Profile, Experiments: High-Pressure, Mars: Interior, Mars: Mantle, Mars: Mantle Mineralogy
Scientific paper
IWe have experimentally determined the mineralogy of a Martian mantle composition along a model marstherm up to core-mantle boundary pressures. Experiments were performed in a multi-anvil apparatus with a starting composition similar to the Dreibus and Wanke estimate of Martian mantle composition. The marstherm chosen for study was derived from the assumption of a liquid core. The modal abundance of the minerals present in the experimental run products was estimated with mass balance calculations. A density profile of the Martian mantle was calculated from the modal abundance and the equations of state of the minerals stable at high pressure and temperature. Combined with the constraint of the mass of the planet, and an estimate of the moment of inertia factor for Mars, the mantle density profile can be used to calculate the depth to the core-mantle boundary for a given core composition.
Bertka Constance M.
Fei Yingwei
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