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... Tsumeb Subgroup dolomites occur on either side of the road in road cuts . The valley then opens up , with the high hills of the Otavi Mountainland rising up to 1800 m above sea level on both sides of the valley . The entire Otavi Group ...
... Tsumeb Subgroup dolomites occur on either side of the road in road cuts . The valley then opens up , with the high hills of the Otavi Mountainland rising up to 1800 m above sea level on both sides of the valley . The entire Otavi Group ...
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... Tsumeb Subgroup . The area between here and the entrance into the Etosha National Park consists of two E - W trending synclines separated and enveloped by anticlines . A synclinal structure which contains Mulden Group phyllites in the ...
... Tsumeb Subgroup . The area between here and the entrance into the Etosha National Park consists of two E - W trending synclines separated and enveloped by anticlines . A synclinal structure which contains Mulden Group phyllites in the ...
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Gabi Schneider. Gamgurib Mountain , which is part of an anticline of Tsumeb Subgroup rocks , and sub- stantial folding and thrusting can be observed within the gorge . Road D3704 to Opuwo turns to the N immediately after the gorge , and ...
Gabi Schneider. Gamgurib Mountain , which is part of an anticline of Tsumeb Subgroup rocks , and sub- stantial folding and thrusting can be observed within the gorge . Road D3704 to Opuwo turns to the N immediately after the gorge , and ...
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