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Page 101
... Naukluft The Naukluft Mountains of central western Namibia represent an impres- sive mountain range , which forms part of the Great Escarpment . They oc- cupy an area of 2100 km2 and have their summit on farm Arbeit Adelt at an ...
... Naukluft The Naukluft Mountains of central western Namibia represent an impres- sive mountain range , which forms part of the Great Escarpment . They oc- cupy an area of 2100 km2 and have their summit on farm Arbeit Adelt at an ...
Page 156
... Naukluft Mountains ( see 8.22 ) appear prominently in the south . As the route follows the road C14 towards Solitaire , the Great Escarpment composed of massive Piksteel granodiorite dominates the landscape in the E , with the Naukluft ...
... Naukluft Mountains ( see 8.22 ) appear prominently in the south . As the route follows the road C14 towards Solitaire , the Great Escarpment composed of massive Piksteel granodiorite dominates the landscape in the E , with the Naukluft ...
Page 157
... Naukluft over - thrusting . The Büll- sport farm house is reached after a further 1 km down the road . As the road leaves the Naukluft Mountains behind , it follows a very flat peneplain with no outcrop . A few small hills can be seen ...
... Naukluft over - thrusting . The Büll- sport farm house is reached after a further 1 km down the road . As the road leaves the Naukluft Mountains behind , it follows a very flat peneplain with no outcrop . A few small hills can be seen ...
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