blam, the “fluffy” stuff brought to mind the fluffy comet impact discussed in “Cycles of Cosmic Catastrophes”.
Red Planet’s Ancient Equator Located
Scientific American (online) | April 20, 2005 | Sarah Graham
Posted on 04/24/2005 11:18:25 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
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‘Pack ice’ suggests frozen sea on Mars
New Scientist | 2/21/05 | Kelly Young
Posted on 05/23/2005 10:15:45 AM EDT by RockinRight
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Immense ice deposits found at south pole of Mars
Reuters via Yahoo! | 3-16-07 | Will Dunham
Posted on 03/15/2007 4:01:58 PM EDT by Pharmboy
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Aye.
I enlarged the ‘Topographic divide between the Martian highlands and lowlands’ graphic shown in the article - looks like an ocean bed to me...sediment maybe?
Huge Reservoir of Frozen Water Found on Mars
Fox News | Thursday, March 15, 2007
Posted on 03/15/2007 5:23:26 PM EDT by Sopater
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