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Mud Crack  Fente de dessication
A deformation sedimentary structure that develops as polygonal fracturing pattern in fine-grained sediment submitted to the drying effects of atmospheric conditions at the surface.

Themes:
  Sedimentary rocks

Related words:
  Sedimentary Structures (Depositional, Erosional, Deformational, Biogenic)