Liquid water on Mars may be an agent of surface change, but it is unstable under the thin atmosphere. Experiments suggest water percolating though Martian hillslopes ejects sediment as it boils under the low pressure, and modifies the landscape.
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Marra, W. Jumping grains on Mars. Nature Geosci 9, 414–415 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2718
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