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Cerberus plains may be less than a million years old, but the model
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Cerberus plains is covered by platy-ridged and inflated lavas, which are interpreted as insulated sheet flows. Eastern Cerberus plains lavas originate at
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Athabascan fluvial events were contemporaneous with volcanic eruptions. Deposits of the
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