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月球Airy均衡状态与月壳厚度估计

丰海1,李建成2,李大炜3,张守建3,刘志勇3   

  1. 1. 武汉大学测绘学院
    2. 武汉大学 测绘学院
    3. 武汉大学
  • 收稿日期:2011-08-19 修回日期:2012-02-17 出版日期:2012-08-25 发布日期:2012-08-25
  • 通讯作者: 丰海

Airy isostasy on the Moon:implications for crustal thickness

  • Received:2011-08-19 Revised:2012-02-17 Online:2012-08-25 Published:2012-08-25

摘要: 月球水准面异常和表面地形变化是其内部密度不均匀和各个界面的起伏变化的体现,因此利用水准面和地形之比(geoid to topography ratio,简称GTR)可研究月球均衡和月壳厚度估计。本文基于月球重力场模型SGM100h和地形模型STM359_grid-02,经过去除玄武岩填充和滤波,并结合理论Airy均衡模型中GTR与参考月壳厚度的关系,计算得到了一个新的月壳厚度模型。该模型的月壳平均厚度为36.9 km,背面比正面平均厚约13.5 km,Apollo12/14登陆点的月壳厚度分别是28.3 km和29.1 km。此外,在各月海盆地存在着中央较薄,四周逐渐增厚的趋势。

Abstract: Lunar geoid (or selenoid) anomaly and topogrphy variations are the expressions of its internal density anomaly and boundary undulations. So the geoid to topography ratio (GTR) can be used to study the isostatic state of the Moon and its crustal thickness. In this paper a new lunar crustal thickness model is derived by GTR technique from filtered gravity model SGM100h and topography model STM359_grid-02, with the mare fill removed. This model indicate that the lunar crust has an average thickness of 36.9 km, and the average farside thickness is 13.5km thicker than nearside. The crustal thicknesses at Apollo 12/14 sites of our crustal thickness model are 28.3 and 29.1 km, respectively. It also shows that the crust beneath the mare basins is generally thinner than the regions around.