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Patricia Bolf-Charmi © 2016-2018
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Soil from the surroundings of the historic village of Meymand in the Iranian province of Kerman.
This unconsolidated sedimentary rock belongs to the geological formations of the Tertiary and was formed by the weathering of volcanic ash. The mineral montmorillonite is responsible for the structure of this soil and is responsible for its special swelling capacity.
The shape creating process happened due to the escaping water from the sedimentary rock (bentonite) in a mixed state to the dry state. This self-organized, relief-forming process is a scheme of geomorphological processes.