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| Image number: | 2027 |
| Feature : | spring tufa |
| Grouping : | karst, caves, chemical 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. But deep in the gallery giving to Sodmein rock shelter, layered secondary tufa, resulting from deposition in water, have been found. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2027. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |