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| Image number: | 1799 |
| Feature : | Tectonic structure |
| Grouping : | rocks |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 2005 |
| Locality : | Lake Mweru |
| Country : | Zambia |
| Region - tribe : | Luapula - Luba |
| Physiographic region : | Northern Zambian Highlands |
| Notice : | Sheard texture in coarse grained granite. The Zambian margin fo the Mweru lake is controlled by a recent tectonis scarp that reactivates an old shear zone that developed in Precambrian granites. |
| Reference : | Delvaux de Fenffe, Damien, 2005 Image 1799. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |