Yardangs on Mars: Evidence of recent wind erosion

Volume: 84, Pages: 8147 - 8166
Published: Dec 30, 1979
Abstract
Yardangs are streamlined erosional wind forms, similar in form to inverted boat hulls, that in terrestrial deserts range from meters to kilometers in length. On Mars the best examples are seen in the equatorial region. In the Amazonis region, hundreds of ridges and sawtooth-edged mesas have been wind sculptured in layered rocks. Individual ridges are tens of kilometers long with intervening valleys nearly 1 km wide. The wind-stripped surface...
Paper Details
Title
Yardangs on Mars: Evidence of recent wind erosion
Published Date
Dec 30, 1979
Volume
84
Pages
8147 - 8166
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