Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufm.u41a..06j&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #U41A-06
Physics
[5422] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Ices, [5430] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Interiors, [5494] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Instruments And Techniques, [7299] Seismology / General Or Miscellaneous
Scientific paper
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon and is host to a myriad of surface, crustal, and perhaps interior dynamic processes (e.g., Lunine & Lorenz 2009; Sotin et al. 2009). Although recent gravity data put constraints on the nature of Titan’s deep interior (Iess et al. 2010), details regarding the layering and crustal structure remain poorly constrained. For example, the crustal thickness derived from modeling of the gravity data suggests a value ~100 km, but with a large uncertainty. There may exist a subsurface ocean or reservoirs of liquid that actively connects with Titan’s hyrdrocarbon-bearing lakes and atmosphere. Cross-correlation of ambient seismic noise is an emerging method to study crustal structures (e.g., Shapiro et al. 2005). Recent results show that under certain conditions, such as post-critical reflections, the Moho-reflected shear wave (SmS) can be clearly identified with ambient seismic noise [Zhan et al. 2010]. Titan may represent a plausible planetary body to apply the methods of ambient seismic noise, thereby providing a unique opportunity to better understand the interior of an icy body in our solar system. We will explore the use of ambient seismic noise on Titan and assess its application to determine interior structures, such as signals expected for different crust-(ocean)-mantle boundary depths. References: Iess, L. et al. (2010), Science 327: 1367-1369 Lunine, J.I. and Lorenz, R.D. (2009), Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 37: 299-320. Shapiro et al. (2005), Science 307: 1615-1618. Sotin et al. (2009), in Titan from Cassini-Huygens: 61-73. R.H. Brown, J.-P. Lebreton, J. Hunter Waite, Eds. Zhan, Z. et al. (2010), Geophys. J. Int. doi: 10.1111/j/1365-246X.2010.04625.x Acknowledgments: Parts of this work grew out of discussions during a mini study at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, which is funded by the W. M. Keck Foundation.
Clayton Robert W.
Helmberger Donald V.
Jackson James M.
Tsai Victor C.
Zhan Zhigang
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