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| Image number: | 56 |
| Feature : | desiccation crack |
| Grouping : | pedoturbation |
| Discipline : | pedology |
| Year : | 2002 |
| Locality : | Abu Dom |
| Country : | Sudan |
| Region - tribe : | Nile valley, downstream 4th cataract |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Sahara |
| Notice : | Old Nile deposits, silts covering gravel beds, contain old stone-age archaeology implements; fossil desiccation cracks |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 2002 Image 56. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |