TP7 | Planetary volcanism, tectonics, and seismicity

TP7

Planetary volcanism, tectonics, and seismicity
Co-organized by MITM
Conveners: Petr Broz, Oguzcan Karagoz, Iris van Zelst | Co-conveners: Ernst Hauber, Chloe Michaut, Sam Poppe, Filippo Carboni, Carolyn van der Bogert, Evandro Balbi, Gene Schmidt, Paola Cianfarra, Anna Horleston, Naomi Murdoch, Maxence Lefevre

Volcanism and tectonics are two of the most ubiquitous processes at work in the Solar System, substantially shaping the diverse surfaces of terrestrial planets, moons, and icy satellites. High-resolution orbital data, samples from the lunar surface, and seismic data from the Moon and Mars, have provided important constraints on the evolution of planetary bodies and their tectonic regimes. This gives us a much better understanding of how these worlds evolved, how they are internally structured, and why their surfaces look the way they do. Following the success of InSight on Mars, the selection of e.g., Dragonfly, VERITAS, EnVision, Chang’e 6 and the Farside Seismic Suite promise a wealth of additional observations of Titan, Venus, and the Moon that will contribute to furthering knowledge not only of the extent of volcanic and tectonic activity on these worlds, but also of their seismicity. Small body seismology is also becoming a hot topic, with space agencies considering seismometers for inclusion in future missions to asteroids and comets.

This session invites observational, analytical, theoretical, and analogue fieldwork research into any aspect of planetary endogenic processes. We welcome submissions on comparing landforms and processes on multiple bodies; geochemical and chronological data from planetary material; numerical modeling studies; tectonics and seismicity across the Solar System; theoretical and technical designs for current or future missions; as well as data analysis and insights on the seismicity and interior structures of planets and small bodies.

Volcanism and tectonics are two of the most ubiquitous processes at work in the Solar System, substantially shaping the diverse surfaces of terrestrial planets, moons, and icy satellites. High-resolution orbital data, samples from the lunar surface, and seismic data from the Moon and Mars, have provided important constraints on the evolution of planetary bodies and their tectonic regimes. This gives us a much better understanding of how these worlds evolved, how they are internally structured, and why their surfaces look the way they do. Following the success of InSight on Mars, the selection of e.g., Dragonfly, VERITAS, EnVision, Chang’e 6 and the Farside Seismic Suite promise a wealth of additional observations of Titan, Venus, and the Moon that will contribute to furthering knowledge not only of the extent of volcanic and tectonic activity on these worlds, but also of their seismicity. Small body seismology is also becoming a hot topic, with space agencies considering seismometers for inclusion in future missions to asteroids and comets.

This session invites observational, analytical, theoretical, and analogue fieldwork research into any aspect of planetary endogenic processes. We welcome submissions on comparing landforms and processes on multiple bodies; geochemical and chronological data from planetary material; numerical modeling studies; tectonics and seismicity across the Solar System; theoretical and technical designs for current or future missions; as well as data analysis and insights on the seismicity and interior structures of planets and small bodies.