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Dec 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufm.p31a1696s&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #P31A-1696
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[5420] Planetary Sciences: Solid Surface Planets / Impact Phenomena, Cratering
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The ejecta morphologies around impact craters represent highly diverse appearance on the surface of solid bodies in our Solar System. It is considered that the varied ejecta morphologies result from the environments such as the atmospheric pressure, the volatile content in the subsurface, because they affect the emplacement process of the ejecta. Clarifying the relationships between the ejecta morphologies and the formation processes and environments could constrain the ancient surface environment and the evolution of the planets. We have investigated the ejecta patterns around the impact craters which formed on a glass beads layer in a laboratory, and found that the patterns depend on impact velocity, atmospheric pressure, and initial state of packing of the target [Suzuki et al., 2010, JpGU abstract]. Now, we focus on one of the ejecta patterns which has a petal-like (or sometimes concentric) ridges on the distal edge of the continuous ejecta. This ejecta pattern looks very similar to the rampart ejecta morphology observed around Martian impact craters [e.g. Barlow et al., 2000]. The experiments are conducted with the small light gas gun placed in Kobe University, Japan. The projectile is a cylinder with a diameter of 10 mm and a height of 10 mm, and is made of aluminum, nylon, or stainless. The target is a layer of glass beads (nearly uniform diameter) in a tub with ~28 cm in diameter. The bulk density is about 1.7 g/cm^3. The following three parameters are varied: 1) the diameter of the target glass beads (50, 100, 420 microns), 2) the ambient atmospheric pressure in the chamber (from ~500 Pa to atmospheric pressure), 3) the impact velocity of the projectile (from a few to ~120 m/s). In our experiments, the rampart-like ridged patterns are observed within the following conditions: 1) the diameter of the target glass beads is 50 and 100 microns, 2) the ambient pressure in the chamber is higher than ~10^4 Pa, and 3) the impact velocity is higher than 16 m/s. Eventually, we have succeeded to capture the formation of the rampart-like ridges with high-speed video camera. Our experiments clarify that the rampart-like ridges are formed by the thin, radial ejecta flow that originates around the crater rim, other than the sedimentation of ejecta decelerated by the ambient atmosphere. A wake of the projectile going through the atmosphere might be responsible for the crater rim collapsed, which results in initiating the radial ejecta flow. Additionally, it is found that erodible surface (i.e. a particle layer in this case) is essential to produce the rampart-like ridges.
Arakawa Masahiko
Kadono Toshihiko
Nakamura Akiko M.
Suzuki Akihiro
Wada Keiichi
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