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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Does Mars have actual soil, or is it just regolith, like on the moon?

You're right; there is an important distinction between soil (a matrix formed by the action of weather and running water - and, here on Earth, also by biological mechanisms) and regolith (which is merely the pulverized remains of meteor impacts.)

I'd say that, since Mars has weather, it is legitimate to refer to the Martian surface as being covered by soil.

Regards,

22 posted on 06/08/2008 2:41:18 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: alexander_busek

Clay soil clumps together. That’s the problem


23 posted on 06/08/2008 2:48:26 AM PDT by dennisw (We have an idiocracy not a democracy)
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To: alexander_busek

Thanks for clarifying that — soil, it is then.


48 posted on 06/08/2008 1:01:41 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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