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... becomes visible some 6 km outside Okahandja , and is passed on the western side of the road about 40 km N of the town . Ombutozu Mountain rises about 350 m from the surrounding plain and has a height of 1916 m above sea level . It forms ...
... becomes visible some 6 km outside Okahandja , and is passed on the western side of the road about 40 km N of the town . Ombutozu Mountain rises about 350 m from the surrounding plain and has a height of 1916 m above sea level . It forms ...
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... becomes visible on the horizon , particularly in the W. Tsumeb Subgroup limestone and dolomite here form the Ondunduzonananandana Mountains of the southern Etosha National Park . As the road approaches the entrance to the park , the ...
... becomes visible on the horizon , particularly in the W. Tsumeb Subgroup limestone and dolomite here form the Ondunduzonananandana Mountains of the southern Etosha National Park . As the road approaches the entrance to the park , the ...
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... becomes even more featureless . The Omaruru River , with its catchment area around Kalkfeld and Omaruru , is one of ... become visible in the distance in the SE after some 50 km and some 102 km from Uis road C35 joins the coastal C34 ...
... becomes even more featureless . The Omaruru River , with its catchment area around Kalkfeld and Omaruru , is one of ... become visible in the distance in the SE after some 50 km and some 102 km from Uis road C35 joins the coastal C34 ...
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