Title :
Evolution of the Ancient Lunar Crust Thickness Estimation from the Admittance
Author :
Bao-Gui, Ke ; Fei, Li ; Shu-Wei, Wang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Eng. in Surveying, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan
Abstract :
We calculate the admittance signatures from the ratio of the gravity and topography data in spectral domain for the four lunar mare basin (Smythii, Crisium, Imbrium, Orientale), which of them have different age. A multitaper method is used to compute the admittance, then compared the observed admittance with the theory values from the model of the lithosphere flexure. on the basis of this method, we obtained the elastic thickness for the four mare basin. The thickness of them is averaged about 8 km to support the observed topography since the time of the loading. The upper crust thickness becoming thick when the evolution wheel of the moon goes ahead. These results are consistent with thermal history of this planets.
Keywords :
Moon; geophysics; geophysics computing; gravity; admittance signatures; ancient lunar crust thickness estimation; elastic thickness; gravity; lithosphere flexureon; lunar mare basin; multitaper method; planet thermal history; spectral domain; topography data; Admittance; Educational technology; Electronic mail; Geoscience and remote sensing; Gravity; History; Laboratories; Moon; State estimation; Surfaces; admittance; elastic thickness; evolution; lunar;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Training, 2008. and 2008 International Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. ETT and GRS 2008. International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3563-0
DOI :
10.1109/ETTandGRS.2008.59