Iron Content of the Martian Mantle: The Potential of Seismological Investigations

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Mar 1996

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Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 895

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Iron, Mantle, Mars, Seismology

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Nowadays, geophysical observations on the inner structure of planet Mars are very sparse. Their interpretations are based on observations of its outer surface, of its very weak magnetic field, of its gravity field, and on geochemical arguments derived from the analysis of SNC meteorites. The composition of the martian mantle should mainly differ from the Earth's one by an enrichment in iron. In the absence of additional data, this interpretation must only be regarded as a working hypothesis, and all studies dealing with the inner structure of Mars insist on the non-uniqueness of the theoretical models. This paper describes how seismological data could provide constraints on the iron content of the mantle.

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