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Take a look at this. The word ocean(s) is mentioned at least 48 times in this paper.

A NEW MODEL OF MARS AS A FORMER CAPTURED SATELLITE:
BI-MODAL DISTRIBUTION OF KEY FEATURES DUE TO ANCIENT TIDAL STRESS?

Richard C. Hoagland (Principal Investigator, Enterprise Mission)
Michael Bara (Executive Director, Formal Action Committee on Extraterrestrial Studies).
http://www.enterprisemission.com/tides.htm

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A revaluation of Mars ancient history is therefore proposed, suggesting that Mars (well after solar system formation) was captured into synchronous orbital lock with a larger planetary companion (“Planet V”), accounting for the clustering of present day water bursts around the former beds of two bi-modally distributed “Mars ancient oceans” as a direct result.

Valles Marineris (as an eroded ancient tidal bore, formed immediately post-capture); the presence of the extremely flat terrain covering the northern hemisphere (via deposited sediments from the once tidally supported oceans, when released);

Recently published research showing unprecedented outflow channels from the Tharsis and Arabia bulges are shown to be consistent with the sudden relaxation of the two tidal oceans, as is the sculpting of huge amounts of material by fluvial processes north of the Arabia bulge.

Here’s another!

Once Again, NASA Confirms the Bara/Hoagland Mars Tidal Model
http://mikebara.blogspot.com/2013/03/once-again-nasa-confirms-barahoagland.html

A new paper published in the journal Science confirms once again the validity of the Mars Tidal Model first proposed by myself and Richard C. Hoagland in 2001. In our paper, we hypothesized a vast liquid water ocean on the surface of Mars which was held in place by a tidal lock arrangement between Mars, which was originally a moon, and its parent planet, known as “Planet V” or “Maldek” as I called it in my book The Choice.