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... Swakop Group , can be seen close to the road some 22 km outside Karibib , before the descent into the Namib Desert peneplain commences about 24 km from Karibib . Here a first glimpse of the desert with the Spitzkuppe Mountains ( see ...
... Swakop Group , can be seen close to the road some 22 km outside Karibib , before the descent into the Namib Desert peneplain commences about 24 km from Karibib . Here a first glimpse of the desert with the Spitzkuppe Mountains ( see ...
Page 132
... Swakop Group meta - sediments is ex- posed . Also here , on the northern side of the road dolerite dykes can be seen which have accumulated wind - blown sand of the Namib Desert on their southwestern sides due to the prevailing ...
... Swakop Group meta - sediments is ex- posed . Also here , on the northern side of the road dolerite dykes can be seen which have accumulated wind - blown sand of the Namib Desert on their southwestern sides due to the prevailing ...
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... Swakop Group , be- fore it moves once more back into granite , which also underlies the town . The ridge con- tinues to the SW , where it is composed of sediments of the Nosib and Swakop Groups . A few kilometers after leaving ...
... Swakop Group , be- fore it moves once more back into granite , which also underlies the town . The ridge con- tinues to the SW , where it is composed of sediments of the Nosib and Swakop Groups . A few kilometers after leaving ...
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