desiccation cracks
desiccation cracks (mud-cracks, shrinkage cracks, sun-cracks, syneresis cracks) The polygonal-shaped cracks developed in mud which has dried out in a terrestrial environment. They are most often preserved when loose sand infills the cracks and then buries the desiccated mud surface.
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