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| Image number: | 430 |
| Feature : | flakes |
| Grouping : | weathering |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1993 |
| Locality : | Sodmein valley |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Cavities and caves are present in the Thebes limestone. Although they might have a karst origin by solution, they evolve at presence by physical weathering. The walls produce flakes and also bigger slabs can fall from the ceilings. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1993 Image 430. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |