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| Image number: | 2317 |
| Feature : | dust |
| Grouping : | aeolian activities |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Sodmein cave |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | All horizontal rocky surfaces looking upwards are covered by a sheet of fine dust, apparently wind-blown from outside the shelter. Continued accumulation leads to dry sand flow, dry sliding, over the rocky surface towards the front of the shelter. Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 2317. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/fr/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |