KMS of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, CAS
| Three dimensional (3-D) density structures for the lunar mascons beneath impact basins and its implication for the evolution of the moon | |
| Yan, Jianguo1,7; Manda, Brave1,6; Liang, Feng1; Chisenga, Chikondi1,2; Xiao, Zhiyong3,4,5; Deng, Qingyun1 | |
| 2025-05-01 | |
| Source Publication | PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE
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| ISSN | 0032-0633 |
| Volume | 259Pages:106090 |
| Contribution Rank | 7 |
| Abstract | Lunar mascons are thought to be caused by mantle uplift. We study lunar mascons to reveal their high-resolution 3D density structure based on the depth-weighting gravity inversion method. The inversion results show that mascons exhibit annular density anomalies, but the roots of mascons on the lunar nearside are shallower than those at the farside, which is consistent with the thicker crust at the lunar farside. Inner density heterogeneity for mascons is also observed in the density model, indicating evidence of the possible vertical and horizontal isostatic readjustment. Based on the density models, we suggest that the crustal asymmetry on the Moon observed in lunar basin thickness, size, and diameter is partly caused by mascon density heterogeneity located in the mantle that promoted mantle uplift after impact cratering, as observed in the recovered density models for lunar mascon. |
| Keyword | Gravity anomaly Mantle uplift Gravity inversion Density anomaly Lunar basin |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.pss.2025.106090 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Keyword | INVERSION ; GRAIL ; CONSTRAINTS ; ORIGIN ; ANOMALIES ; SCALE ; CRUST ; FIELD |
| Funding Project | National Scientific Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China for Heaven Lake Talent Program ; B -type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Pre-research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies - Chinese National Space Administration[D020101] ; Pre-research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies - Chinese National Space Administration[D020202] ; Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macau[0042/2018/A2] ; [42241116] ; [42402230] ; [2022YFF0503202] |
| WOS Research Area | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS Subject | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| WOS ID | WOS:001448170500001 |
| Publisher | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| Funding Organization | National Scientific Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China for Heaven Lake Talent Program ; B -type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Pre-research Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies - Chinese National Space Administration ; Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) of Macau |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.xao.ac.cn/handle/45760611-7/7532 |
| Collection | 中国科学院新疆天文台 |
| Corresponding Author | Chisenga, Chikondi |
| Affiliation | 1.Wuhan Univ, State Key Lab Informat Engn Surveying, Mapping & Remote Sensing LIESMARS, Box 129, Luoyu Rd, Wuhan, Peoples R China 2.Malawi Univ Sci & Technol, Ndata Sch Climate & Earth Sci, Dept Earth Sci, POB 5196, Limbe, Malawi 3.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Atmospher Sci, Planetary Environm & Astrobiol Res Lab, Zhuhai, Peoples R China 4.Macau Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Lunar & Planetary Sci, Macau, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Comparat Planetol, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Minist Min, Geol Survey Malawi, Box 27, Zomba, Malawi 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Astron Observ, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China |
| First Author Affilication | Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yan, Jianguo,Manda, Brave,Liang, Feng,et al. Three dimensional (3-D) density structures for the lunar mascons beneath impact basins and its implication for the evolution of the moon[J]. PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE,2025,259:106090. |
| APA | Yan, Jianguo,Manda, Brave,Liang, Feng,Chisenga, Chikondi,Xiao, Zhiyong,&Deng, Qingyun.(2025).Three dimensional (3-D) density structures for the lunar mascons beneath impact basins and its implication for the evolution of the moon.PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE,259,106090. |
| MLA | Yan, Jianguo,et al."Three dimensional (3-D) density structures for the lunar mascons beneath impact basins and its implication for the evolution of the moon".PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE 259(2025):106090. |
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