A Preliminary Regional Geomorphologic Map in Utopia Planitia of the Tianwen-1 Zhurong Landing Region

Mackenzie M. Mills; Alfred S. McEwen; Chris H. Okubo

doi:10.1029/2021GL094629

A Preliminary Regional Geomorphologic Map in Utopia Planitia of the Tianwen-1 Zhurong Landing Region

Mackenzie M. Mills, Alfred S. McEwen, Chris H. Okubo

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A geomorphologic map is an important step to understanding the geologic context and history of a site; here, we present an initial geomorphologic map for an area spanning 22°–26°N, 108°–112°E in the Utopia Planitia (UP) region on Mars. This site is of special interest because it contains the May 2021 landing site of the Zhurong rover from Tianwen-1. Utopia Planitia exhibits many lobate features that have been proposed to be lava or mud flows. Lander and rover data should help solve the scientific question concerning the origin of UP flows. We use our map to generate an initial stratigraphic framework of geomorphological features in order to help place future Zhurong data into the regional geologic context. Our mapping effort has detailed the distribution of three geomorphologic units and 11 types of surface features.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e2021GL094629
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	48
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094629
State	Published - Sep 28 2021

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Mars
Tianwen-1
Utopia Planitia
Zhurong
geologic map

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Geophysics
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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