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... Formation . After passing this ridge , the Naos Formation is left behind and the road descends into subsequently lower levels of Damaran stratigraphy . First , graphitic schist , quartz - mica schist and marble of the Blaukrans ...
... Formation . After passing this ridge , the Naos Formation is left behind and the road descends into subsequently lower levels of Damaran stratigraphy . First , graphitic schist , quartz - mica schist and marble of the Blaukrans ...
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... Formation and the felsites of the Rosh Pinah Formation . The felsites have a distinct light colour and the contact is clearly visible in the mountain range . The road then passes through hills composed of rocks of the Rosh Pinah Formation ...
... Formation and the felsites of the Rosh Pinah Formation . The felsites have a distinct light colour and the contact is clearly visible in the mountain range . The road then passes through hills composed of rocks of the Rosh Pinah Formation ...
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... Formation of the Nosib Group . The Kamtsas Formation was deposited in a half - graben during the early stages of rifting some 750 Ma ago . The Kamtsas Formation is here thrust towards the SE onto Hohewarte Complex lithologies . About 34 ...
... Formation of the Nosib Group . The Kamtsas Formation was deposited in a half - graben during the early stages of rifting some 750 Ma ago . The Kamtsas Formation is here thrust towards the SE onto Hohewarte Complex lithologies . About 34 ...
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