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| Image number: | 2026 |
| Feature : | rockfall |
| Grouping : | slopes and slope deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Sodmein cave |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The evolution of cavities in the Thebes limestone is characterised at present by rockfall, the result of physical weathering. The dust in the cave has a double origin. First, there is dust production during physical rock breakdown. Secondly, dust from outside is blown into the cave by aeolian activities. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2026. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |