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| Image number: | 1258 |
| Feature : | aeolianites |
| Grouping : | aeolian deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Umdloti Beach |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Physiographic region : | South-East Africa |
| Notice : | Aeolianites are old dune deposits. In this case they date from the last interglacial. They show a calcareous cimentation what explains their karstic weathering |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1258. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |