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... composed of basement rocks . Towards the SW , the Nubibberge , after which the Nubib Granite is named , be- come visible , while towards the SE , the lower hills are composed of metamorphic rocks of the Neuhof Formation . The first ...
... composed of basement rocks . Towards the SW , the Nubibberge , after which the Nubib Granite is named , be- come visible , while towards the SE , the lower hills are composed of metamorphic rocks of the Neuhof Formation . The first ...
Page 205
... composed of schist and quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup thrust onto the younger Vaalgras Subgroup and the Hohewarte Complex . However , after 5 km the country rocks once again belong to the Hohewarte Complex , and the landscape is flat ...
... composed of schist and quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup thrust onto the younger Vaalgras Subgroup and the Hohewarte Complex . However , after 5 km the country rocks once again belong to the Hohewarte Complex , and the landscape is flat ...
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... composed of Elandshoek and Hüttenberg Formation dolomites and is one of several in this area that mark the fold axis of an anticline which can be traced for several tens of kilometers . The hills some 30 km from here and the one close ...
... composed of Elandshoek and Hüttenberg Formation dolomites and is one of several in this area that mark the fold axis of an anticline which can be traced for several tens of kilometers . The hills some 30 km from here and the one close ...
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