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| Image number: | 154 |
| Feature : | baked contact |
| Grouping : | volcanics |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 1984 |
| Locality : | Tugen Hills |
| Country : | Kenya |
| Region - tribe : | Baringo District |
| Physiographic region : | Rift-Gregory |
| Notice : | 'Baked contact' indicates a rock, burnt by the passage of hot lava. In the case, shown, the lower lava has been burnt by subsequent passage of the upper lava. Baked contacts often resemble palaeosoils. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1984 Image 154. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/de/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |