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Image number: 1330
Feature : calcrete
Grouping : karst, caves, chemical deposits
Discipline : pedology
Year : 1999
Locality : Kathu pan
Country : South-Africa
Region - tribe : Northern Cape
Physiographic region : Vaal & Orange River basin
Notice : notice Secundary deposits of calcium carbonate CaCO3, tufa, are found in the depressions between the linear dunes of the Kalahari sand sea. The calcretes result of the evaporation of calcium containing water.
Reference : Moeyersons, Jan,   1999    Image 1330.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"