The seismic significance of water and partial melting in planetary interiors. Novel laboratory techniques will be used to measure the influence of dissolved water on the seismic properties of the deep interiors of Earth and Moon. The outcome will be new insight into the crucial role of water in the formation and subsequent evolution of our dynamic planet and its more quiescent moon.
Structure of crust on Mars. This project aims to start a new multidisciplinary field linking impact physics and seismology. This project involves numerical modelling of meteoroid impact-induced seismic activity on Mars, using the state-of-the-art hydro-code, a national supercomputing facility, and knowledge built on the meteorite hunting by the Dessert Fireball Network. High-resolution numerical results will aid the analyses of impact-seismic data obtained by the forthcoming InSight mission to M ....Structure of crust on Mars. This project aims to start a new multidisciplinary field linking impact physics and seismology. This project involves numerical modelling of meteoroid impact-induced seismic activity on Mars, using the state-of-the-art hydro-code, a national supercomputing facility, and knowledge built on the meteorite hunting by the Dessert Fireball Network. High-resolution numerical results will aid the analyses of impact-seismic data obtained by the forthcoming InSight mission to Mars (in 2018) with a single important aim, to decipher the crustal structure of Mars, the planet that is the most similar to the Earth in our solar system.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE180100584
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$342,949.00
Summary
Impact processes and evolution of the Martian crust. The project aims to define the crustal structure of Mars, using three-dimensional hydrodynamic modelling, experiments and geophysical data obtained from Mars. This will be achieved by the analysis of impact-related seismic data obtained by the forthcoming mission to Mars, along with already available remote sensing data of Mars. This project will start a new multidisciplinary field linking numerical impact physics and seismology.