Water-ice interactions on Solar Sustem bodies

About this project

Japan Grant Number
JP17H06456
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Project/Area Number
17H06456
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
Allocation Type
  • Single-year Grants
Review Section / Research Field
  • Science and Engineering
Research Institution
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology
Project Period (FY)
2017-06-30 〜 2022-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
221,260,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 170,200,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 51,060,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

On planets, chemical reactions driven by sunlight occur, resulting in surface oxidation. Mars may have experienced such oxidation and to have been covered with iron oxide. On icy satellites, oxidants are incorporated into the ice crust and affect geologic activity. In this study, we addressed the questions of why Mars is red and why ice-satellite tectonics is diverse. For the former, we found that Martian climate change is the driving force, and that the accumulation of oxidants during cold periods and their release during warm periods is the key to oxidation. In the latter, the supply of impurities to icy crust was found to cause the dichotomy in tectonics. In particular, when impurities are supplied to an interior ocean from the upper surface, surface renewal becomes active, while when impurities are supplied from the lower surface of an interior ocean, surface renewal is limited.

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