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... Early Cretaceous , and their Mesozoic part has yielded important fossils ranging in age from 260 to 200 Ma . Several taxa of mammal - like reptiles and plants have been created for Namibian Karoo fossils . At the time of Karoo ...
... Early Cretaceous , and their Mesozoic part has yielded important fossils ranging in age from 260 to 200 Ma . Several taxa of mammal - like reptiles and plants have been created for Namibian Karoo fossils . At the time of Karoo ...
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... Early Miocene age . Other occurrences are Grillental , Lan- gental and Glastal . Early to Middle Miocene fossils occur in abundance in old terraces of the Orange River . Early Miocene petrified tree trunks as well as small and large ...
... Early Miocene age . Other occurrences are Grillental , Lan- gental and Glastal . Early to Middle Miocene fossils occur in abundance in old terraces of the Orange River . Early Miocene petrified tree trunks as well as small and large ...
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... Early Permian Karoo sediments in the E , while overstepping Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian rocks of the Nama Group in the W. The eruption of these basalts resulted from the early break - up of Gondwanaland , when southern Africa ...
... Early Permian Karoo sediments in the E , while overstepping Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian rocks of the Nama Group in the W. The eruption of these basalts resulted from the early break - up of Gondwanaland , when southern Africa ...
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