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Re: Glaciers

I've had some disagreements here with my colleagues.

I continue to maintain that "glacier" is an inappropriate term for 99.9% of all of Mars surface. We don't see mobile ice masses that sculpt terrain.

Yes, there is ample permafrost, but very few glaciers.

As I see it, this is due to limited atmospheric delivery of snow to high altitude glacier-feeding snowpacks.

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