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| Image number: | 2010 |
| Feature : | spheroidal weathering |
| Grouping : | weathering |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1995 |
| Locality : | Sodmein area |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | 'Spheroidal weathering' indicates the phenomenon that flake-like laminations occur at the interface between the weathered and the unweathered rock (weathering base, onion skin weathering). In strongly fissured rocks, onion skin weathering occurs around 'core stones', isolated pieces of fresh rock, surrounded by weathered rocks. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1995 Image 2010. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |