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Image number: 2672
Feature : tufa
Grouping : rocks
Discipline : geomorphology
Year : 2009
Locality : Katana cimenterie
Country : D.R.Congo
Region - tribe : Kivu, Bukavu
Physiographic region : Rift - Bukavu
Notice : Deposits of calcareous tufa, in thin layers, fossil tufa dam. Karst. Is reworked today with solution and redeposition of secundary limestone. Hot water spring activity
Reference : Kalegamire, Tity,,   2009    Image 2672.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"