D. Spires, Ph. D. (Must be, knows a lot!!) - No "flows" found.

Dr. Spires is an eminent - - - well, he knows a lot. Definitive, authoritative, knowledgeable, never in doubt. “Mars a specialty, data no problem.”

On the other hand, here are some quotations from the article. I don’t know the lady’s qualifications, either. I suspect she's burdened with peer review, data, all that sort of thing. Gets in the way of the real thinkers.

Now, there is no erosion found or suggested.

I’d suggest you contact Ms. Motazedian with your data and conclusions. I’m sure she’d appreciate it, and find your interpretation a real hoot. May even make her day.

Arf

THANKS TO SPACECRAFT observations by the Mars Global Surveyor, newly formed dark slope streaks on Mars have been spotted. Emanating from a point source, they widen as they flow down the slope. In some cases, they divide into separate streaks as they encounter other surface features.

A new view is that liquid flow is the most promising process for explaining the dark streaks. They appear to indicate currently flowing water on Mars.
That’s the interpretation of Tahirih Motazedian, carrying out independent undergraduate research at the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Oregon.
The sharply defined endpoints of the dark streaks, Motazedian said, imply that the flows end where their liquid source is exhausted, having been consumed in a coating of surface dust and soaking into the ground.

The amount of water flowing over the surface to create the streaks appears to be very, very small, Motazedian said. “It’s pretty much soaking or sublimating (vaporizing) as soon as it comes down. So it’s not forceful enough to erode a path for itself,” she noted.