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| Image number: | 2030 |
| Feature : | Synclinal valley |
| Grouping : | geological structures |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 1996 |
| Locality : | Nakheil |
| Country : | Egypt |
| Region - tribe : | Quseir |
| Physiographic region : | Desert-Red Sea Mountains |
| Notice : | The yellow Thebes limestone, which lies discomformably over the Precambrian metamorphic rocks (black), forms a syncline. The both limbs of the syncline are nicely visible. The valley is further filled up by thick alluvial fan deposits. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1996 Image 2030. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |