Mud cracks - nothing's simple
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
Positive imprint of dessication cracks in micritic mudstone from the Triassic Muschelkalk in Germany. The cracks are not similar polygons - most are rectangular and all different sizes. Width of sample - 9cm.
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- Europe (3777)
- Western Europe (766)
- Germany (257)
- Exact location (11.3691 E, 50.1759 N)
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Canon EOS 1100D
Taken on 3
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2016
Submitted on 3 June 2016
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David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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