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| Image number: | 1992 |
| Feature : | cavities |
| Grouping : | caves |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Sodmein area |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | Although such cavities are considered to have a karst origin (solution of limestone), They evolve at present by mechanical weathering like flaking, rock splitting and other physical rock desaggregation. In this case a thick slab fell from the ceiling. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 1992. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |