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| Image number: | 2293 |
| Feature : | secondary limestone deposits |
| Grouping : | karst, caves, chemical deposits |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Tree shelter valley, Sodmein |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | some galleries are garned or even barred by secondary limestone deposits. This shows that karst processes (solution and redeposition of limestone) have been active in this area which is a desert at present. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2293. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |