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| Image number: | 2038 |
| Feature : | fissure in Thebes limestone |
| Grouping : | rocks |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Subvertical fissures in rock convey sediment transport. Accumulation (dejection cone) at the foot of the joint, fissure, diaclase. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2038. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |