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| Image number: | 2051 |
| Feature : | flakes |
| Grouping : | weathering |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Flaking is visible in the shaft. Flakes seem to accumulate actively and are removed by water during small winter rains in the area. The substrate is composed of 'Thebes' Limestones. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2051. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |