Constraints on the martian crust away from the InSight landing site

Jiaqi Li (), Caroline Beghein, Scott M. McLennan, Anna C. Horleston, Constantinos Charalambous, Quancheng Huang, Géraldine Zenhäusern, Ebru Bozdağ, W. T. Pike, Matthew Golombek, Vedran Lekić, Philippe Lognonné and W. Bruce Banerdt
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Jiaqi Li: University of California
Caroline Beghein: University of California
Scott M. McLennan: Stony Brook University
Anna C. Horleston: University of Bristol
Constantinos Charalambous: Imperial College London
Quancheng Huang: Colorado School of Mines
Géraldine Zenhäusern: ETH Zurich
Ebru Bozdağ: Colorado School of Mines
W. T. Pike: Imperial College London
Matthew Golombek: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Vedran Lekić: University of Maryland
Philippe Lognonné: Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS
W. Bruce Banerdt: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The most distant marsquake recorded so far by the InSight seismometer occurred at an epicentral distance of 146.3 ± 6.9o, close to the western end of Valles Marineris. On the seismogram of this event, we have identified seismic wave precursors, i.e., underside reflections off a subsurface discontinuity halfway between the marsquake and the instrument, which directly constrain the crustal structure away (about 4100−4500 km) from the InSight landing site. Here we show that the Martian crust at the bounce point between the lander and the marsquake is characterized by a discontinuity at about 20 km depth, similar to the second (deeper) intra-crustal interface seen beneath the InSight landing site. We propose that this 20-km interface, first discovered beneath the lander, is not a local geological structure but likely a regional or global feature, and is consistent with a transition from porous to non-porous Martian crustal materials.

Date: 2022
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