Marsquakes: A New Way to Discover Hidden Water Deep Underground on Mars

[Grim Reaper 6]

Liquid water on Mars, if present today, might be buried too deeply for detection by traditional methods used on Earth. However, a new technique involving the analysis of marsquakes — earthquakes on Mars — might provide a breakthrough, suggest scientists from Penn State.

As quakes travel through underground aquifers, they generate electromagnetic signals. In a study published in JGR Planets, the researchers demonstrated how these signals could potentially reveal the presence of water several miles beneath Mars’ surface. Lead author Nolan Roth, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State, believes this method could pave the way for analyzing future Mars mission data.

https://scitechdaily.com/marsquakes-a-new-way-to-discover-hidden-water-deep-underground-on-mars/

[Antigonos]

There needs to be tectonic activity for quakes to occur (I almost wrote earthquakes heh). Mars has none today as far as I know.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

8 minutes ago, Antigonos said:

There needs to be tectonic activity for quakes to occur (I almost wrote earthquakes heh). Mars has none today as far as I know.

Marsquakes have been recorded by spacecraft, most the result of meteorite impacts. There may not be plate tectonics on Mars but there is still some tectonic activity. This is a result of the release of stress in the Martian crust, see here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-10-17-new-study-reveals-source-largest-ever-mars-quake

 

[Antigonos]

Just now, Waspie_Dwarf said:

Marsquakes have been recorded by spacecraft, most the result of meteorite impacts. There may not be plate tectonics on Mars but there is still some tectonic activity. This is a result of the release of stress in the Martian crust, see here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-10-17-new-study-reveals-source-largest-ever-mars-quake

 

Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding. Yes I was thinking strictly in terms of plate tectonics. 
 

This is fascinating stuff.

[Piney]

1 hour ago, Antigonos said:

There needs to be tectonic activity for quakes to occur (I almost wrote earthquakes heh). Mars has none today as far as I know.

Are you kidding? It's plasma lightning that does it.

 

I'll see myself out......😲