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| Image number: | 2016 |
| Feature : | limb of syncline |
| Grouping : | geological structures |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Nakheil |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The Nakheil valley is a synclinal valley in Thebes limestone, resting upon Precambrian metamorphised rocks. This image shows the north-eastern limb of the syncline: the yellow Thebes limestone layers are dressed nearly vertically, forming to the right hoghbacks and 'flatirons' as a result of differential erosion. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2016. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |