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| Image number: | 2271 |
| Feature : | desert pavement |
| Grouping : | measuring techniques |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | hogback tree shelter, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | This square of 1m² was 'cleaned' in 1996 and revisited in 1999. Within 3 years, rainwash did evacuate the fines and a new desert pavement of lag deposits is developing. Note that the dark patina coating of the original stone pavement (desert varnish), is still absent on the newly outcropping coarse fragments within the square. Traces of an important rill are visible in the square. Also traces of animal activity are present in the Red Sea desert, considered as one of the driest places on earth (3 mm annual rainfall). |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2271. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |