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| Image number: | 2301 |
| Feature : | cliff |
| Grouping : | mass movements |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Wadi Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Some horizons in the Thebes limestone are 'cliff forming': they break off along vertical pre-existing joints when attacked by lateral erosion. Other horizons do not display this vertical jointing and the eroded surface is inclined at some 30-35°. Rockfall from the upper part of the cliff accumulates upon the latter and might mislead the observer to consider the lower part of the cliff as a pure scree slope. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2301. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |