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... Formation . The Complex was intrud- ed by granite between 500 and 600 Ma ago ... Dwyka Forma- tion include moraines and fluvio - glacial as well as glacio ... Dwyka glaciation ended approximately 280 Ma ago , when plate tectonic movements ...
... Formation . The Complex was intrud- ed by granite between 500 and 600 Ma ago ... Dwyka Forma- tion include moraines and fluvio - glacial as well as glacio ... Dwyka glaciation ended approximately 280 Ma ago , when plate tectonic movements ...
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... Dwyka and Ecca successions . The upper sheet extends over an area of about 670 km2 and intruded at the level of the Whitehill Formation of the upper Ecca Group . After intrusion , the dolerite sills were fractured , faulted and ...
... Dwyka and Ecca successions . The upper sheet extends over an area of about 670 km2 and intruded at the level of the Whitehill Formation of the upper Ecca Group . After intrusion , the dolerite sills were fractured , faulted and ...
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... Formation , base of the Tsumeb Subgroup , can be seen in places to the W of the road . The Chuos Formation was ... Dwyka Formation , Karoo Sequence , and calcrete form the range to the SE . In the NW , the mountain range is formed by ...
... Formation , base of the Tsumeb Subgroup , can be seen in places to the W of the road . The Chuos Formation was ... Dwyka Formation , Karoo Sequence , and calcrete form the range to the SE . In the NW , the mountain range is formed by ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed Damara Damara Granite Damara Orogen Damara Sequence deposits diamond dolerite dolomite dunes Dwyka Formation dykes Erongo Escarpment Etendeka Etjo Fault Fish River Subgroup fossils Geological gneisses Grootfontein Hakos Group Henties Bay hills Hohewarte Complex Huab intruded Kalahari Basin Kalahari Group Karibib Karoo Sequence Keetmanshoop Kuibis Subgroup Kuiseb Formation Kunene landscape layers limestone Lüderitz Maltahöhe marble Mesoproterozoic metamorphic meteorite minerals Mulden Group Namaqualand Namaqualand Complex Namib Desert Namibia Nappe Naukluft northern Nosib Group occur Okahandja Omaruru Orange River Otavi Otavi Group Otjiwarongo outcrops Outjo overlain overlying PALAEOPROTEROZOIC pegmatites peneplain prominent quartz latite quartzite ridge road continues road cuts rocks sand sandstone schist Schwarzrand Subgroup seen Sesfontein shale sills Sinclair Sequence Spitzkuppe Swakop Group Swakopmund terrane underlain thrust Tsondab Tsumeb Tsumeb Subgroup turn-off Ugab underlain by Cenozoic valley volcanic Windhoek Zone