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... Okahandja Usakos Swakop River Damara Granites Namib Desert CRETACEOUS : DAMARA SEQUENCE : Anorogenic Complexes ... Okahandja is reached , two bridges cross the Swakop River , one of Namibia's major ephemeral rivers , and its tributary ...
... Okahandja Usakos Swakop River Damara Granites Namib Desert CRETACEOUS : DAMARA SEQUENCE : Anorogenic Complexes ... Okahandja is reached , two bridges cross the Swakop River , one of Namibia's major ephemeral rivers , and its tributary ...
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... Okahandja . Initially , it remains in an area underlain by Kalahari Group sediments , but about 30 km before reaching Hochfeld it rises out of the Kalahari Basin , and continues in an area un- derlain by Kuiseb Formation schist . This ...
... Okahandja . Initially , it remains in an area underlain by Kalahari Group sediments , but about 30 km before reaching Hochfeld it rises out of the Kalahari Basin , and continues in an area un- derlain by Kuiseb Formation schist . This ...
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Gabi Schneider. N of Okahandja , schist and marble of the Nosib and Swakop Groups of the Central Zone of the Damara Orogen are found , intruded by granites . The Okakango River , a tributary of the Swakop River , is crossed just N of ...
Gabi Schneider. N of Okahandja , schist and marble of the Nosib and Swakop Groups of the Central Zone of the Damara Orogen are found , intruded by granites . The Okakango River , a tributary of the Swakop River , is crossed just N of ...
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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