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| Image number: | 467 |
| Feature : | desiccation crack |
| Grouping : | soil survey |
| Discipline : | geomorphology |
| Year : | 1970 |
| Locality : | Kamoa archaeological site |
| Country : | D.R.Congo |
| Region - tribe : | Katanga |
| Physiographic region : | Kalahari sand plateau |
| Notice : | Desiccation cracks originate in places in a shrinking soil where the tensile stress overcomes the tensile strength. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1970 Image 467. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/nl/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |