Aeolian disruption and reworking of TARs at the Zhurong rover field site, southern Utopia Planitia, Mars
Lu, Yu; Wu, Bo; Edgett, Kenneth S.; Wu, Yunzhao; Li, Zhaojin; Michael, Gregory G.; Wang, Yiran; Yizhaq, Hezi; Jin, Qi
China, United States, Hong Kong SAR, Germany, Israel
Abstract
China's Zhurong rover explored four crescent-shaped TARs during the first 107 sols. The crust formed by accumulation and induration of aeolian dust makes TARs light-toned in orbiter images. Two TARs degraded into smaller megaripples due to a change of wind regime. TARs might share similar formation and evolution mechanisms with megaripples.