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No cryosphere-confined aquifer below InSight on Mars
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Authors
Michael Manga,
Vashan Wright 
Abstract
The seismometer deployed by the InSight lander measured the seismic velocity of the Martian crust. We use a rock physics model to interpret those velocities and constrain hydrogeological properties. The seismic velocity of the upper ~10 km is too low to be ice-saturated. Hence there is no cryosphere that confines deeper aquifers. An increase in seismic velocity at depths of ~10 km could be explained by a few volume percent of mineral cement (1-5%) in the pores and may document the past or present depth of aquifers.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5SG71
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Planetary Geophysics and Seismology, Planetary Hydrology, Planetary Sciences
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Published: 2021-02-24 06:40
Last Updated: 2021-02-24 14:40
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CC BY Attribution 4.0 International
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