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Page 210
... Nosib and Nama Group sediments . The isolated low hills in the sur- roundings of the town comprise Nosib Group lithologies , with Nama Group sediments forming a syncline and the road eastwards continues along the northern limb of this ...
... Nosib and Nama Group sediments . The isolated low hills in the sur- roundings of the town comprise Nosib Group lithologies , with Nama Group sediments forming a syncline and the road eastwards continues along the northern limb of this ...
Page 235
... Nosib Group . Thereafter , the Klein and Gross Paresis Moun- tains form a prominent ridge to the W of the road . The rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up ...
... Nosib Group . Thereafter , the Klein and Gross Paresis Moun- tains form a prominent ridge to the W of the road . The rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up ...
Page 239
... Nosib Group , which is here represented by a red feldspatic quartzite with a basal boulder conglomerate . The road cuts a NW trending ridge of Otavi Group dolomites about 115 km from Kaman- jab . The rocks consist from S to N of thinly ...
... Nosib Group , which is here represented by a red feldspatic quartzite with a basal boulder conglomerate . The road cuts a NW trending ridge of Otavi Group dolomites about 115 km from Kaman- jab . The rocks consist from S to N of thinly ...
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