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... Basin . This basin is an intracontinental sedimentary basin floored by Mesoproterozoic rocks of the Congo Craton . It contains some 8000 m of sedimentary rocks , the uppermost of which belong to the Kalahari Group sediments of the ...
... Basin . This basin is an intracontinental sedimentary basin floored by Mesoproterozoic rocks of the Congo Craton . It contains some 8000 m of sedimentary rocks , the uppermost of which belong to the Kalahari Group sediments of the ...
Page 206
... Basin . The road follows the river and crosses it about 1 km after Doornpoort , and having passed Doornpoort , the road leaves behind the last rocky outcrops . It continues in an in- creasingly flat area , which fringes the Kalahari Basin ...
... Basin . The road follows the river and crosses it about 1 km after Doornpoort , and having passed Doornpoort , the road leaves behind the last rocky outcrops . It continues in an in- creasingly flat area , which fringes the Kalahari Basin ...
Page 214
... Kalahari Basin ( see 8.13 ) , and the landscape becomes very flat and is underlain by the Cenozoic sediments of the Kalahari Group . Summerdown , 49 km from Steinhausen , is located on the western fringes of the Kalahari Basin , and is ...
... Kalahari Basin ( see 8.13 ) , and the landscape becomes very flat and is underlain by the Cenozoic sediments of the Kalahari Group . Summerdown , 49 km from Steinhausen , is located on the western fringes of the Kalahari Basin , and is ...
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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