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    The Cerberus Fossae are a series of semi-parallel fissures on Mars formed by faults which pulled the crust apart in the Cerberus region. They are 1235 km...
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    or fossae (plural) on Mars. They include the Cerberus Fossae, Elysium Fossae, Galaxias Fossae, Hephaestus Fossae, Hyblaeus Fossae, Stygis Fossae and...
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    channels. The Athabasca Valles in particular emanate from one of the Cerberus Fossae fissures and flow downstream to the southwest, constrained to the south...
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    insulated sheet flows. Eastern Cerberus plains lavas originate at Cerberus Fossae fissures and shields. Some flows extend for 2000 km through Marte Vallis...
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    with ongoing isolated volcanism occurring in the Tharsis region and Cerberus Fossae, including signs of activity as recently as a tens of thousands of...
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    void. The images below of the Cerberus Fossae, the Elysium Fossae and other troughs, as seen by HiRISE are examples of fossae. Knowledge of the locations...
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    1029/94JE02636. ISSN 0148-0227. S2CID 53311663. Plescia, J.B. (2003). "Cerberus Fossae, Elysium, Mars: a source for lava and water". Icarus. 164 (1): 79–95...
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    just to the south of eastern Elysium Planitia. Within the plains, Cerberus Fossae is the only Mars location with recent volcanic eruptions. Lava flows...
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    involving lake breaches at the surface. Al-Qahira Vallis Athabasca Vallis (Cerberus Fossae) Grjota Vallis (nameless graben) Ma'adim Vallis (shallow depression...
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    about 200 million years ago. Water flows in the grabens called the Cerberus Fossae occurred less than 20 million years ago, indicating equally recent...
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  • rather than regional tectonic stretching (scale bar is 1.0 km). The Cerberus Fossae in the Elysium quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE Besides heat generated...
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    pooled in the area after massive releases of groundwater from the Cerberus Fossae area. The second type of volcanic plains (ridged plains) are characterized...
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    volcanic field and near Cerberus Fossae. It has been proposed that the water for this paleolake emerged from troughs in Cerberus Fossae. Several ideas have...
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    fault Cerberus Fossae that spewed water as well as lava aged some 2 to 10 million years. It was suggested that the water exited the Cerberus Fossae then...
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    ripple reliefs and other scabland features on Mars surrounding the Cerberus Fossae, indicating that megafloods have occurred there at some point in the...
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  • locations of large fossae are indicated The Cerberus Fossae in the Elysium quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE (scale bar is 1.0 km) The Elysium Fossae in Elysium quadrangle...
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    and rocky planetary bodies in general. SEIS detected marsquakes in Cerberus Fossae in 2019. On 24 December 2021, the seismometer for the InSight mission...
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    Zunil is an impact crater near the Cerberus Fossae on Mars, with a diameter of 10.26 kilometres (6.38 miles). It is named after the town of Zunil in Guatemala...
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    that there is a widespread tensional fracture system associated with Cerberus Fossae. At one point, Grjota’ Vallis, an outflow channel, crosses the bedrock...
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  • quadrangle. Kasei Vallis. Athabasca Valles showing source of its water, Cerberus Fossae. Note streamlined islands which show direction of flow to south. Athabasca...
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  • is 500 meters long. Athabasca Valles, showing source of its water, Cerberus Fossae. Note streamlined islands that show direction of flow to south. Athabasca...
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    showing its location in relation to other volcanoes, as seen by THEMIS. Cerberus Fossae, as seen from THEMIS. Image from Elysium quadrangle. Semeykin Crater...
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  • quadrangle. Kasei Vallis. Athabasca Valles showing source of its water, Cerberus Fossae. Note streamlined islands which show direction of flow to south. Athabasca...
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  • 5°N 155.0°E / 8.5; 155.0 285.0 Athabasca River Carved by water from Cerberus Fossae Auqakuh Vallis 30°07′N 60°06′E / 30.12°N 60.1°E / 30.12; 60.1 312...
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    materials, and are parallel to fault lines in Elysium Planitia (such as Cerberus Fossae). These escarpments run northwest, although in the northeast direction...
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    of faults (graben) and fractures, called Alba Fossae on the volcano's western flank and Tantalus Fossae on the eastern flank. The volcano also has very...
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    features at several different lengths of scale. A large part of the Medusae Fossae Formation lies in Amazonis Planitia. Its name derives from one of the classical...
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  • Mars include dark slope streaks, dust devil tracks, sand dunes, Medusae Fossae Formation, fretted terrain, layers, gullies, glaciers, scalloped topography...
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    Physical features "Canals" (list) Canyons Catenae Chaos terrain Craters Fossae Gullies Mensae Labyrinthi Mountains by height Observed rocks Outflow channels...
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    Physical features "Canals" (list) Canyons Catenae Chaos terrain Craters Fossae Gullies Mensae Labyrinthi Mountains by height Observed rocks Outflow channels...
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