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Page 102
... dolomite . Shale , conglomerate and dolomite make up the Pavian Nappe , and the Kudu Nappe contains dolomite , lime- stone , shale and conglomerate . This unit of nappes is separated from a sin- gle lower nappe by a thin dolomite band ...
... dolomite . Shale , conglomerate and dolomite make up the Pavian Nappe , and the Kudu Nappe contains dolomite , lime- stone , shale and conglomerate . This unit of nappes is separated from a sin- gle lower nappe by a thin dolomite band ...
Page 157
... dolomite of the Pavian Nappe at the base , followed by grey dolomite of the Kudu Nappe on top . Massive travertine formation can also be observed . On the northern side of the valley , green shale and boulder shale of the Pavian Nappe ...
... dolomite of the Pavian Nappe at the base , followed by grey dolomite of the Kudu Nappe on top . Massive travertine formation can also be observed . On the northern side of the valley , green shale and boulder shale of the Pavian Nappe ...
Page 260
... dolomite of the Tsumeb Subgroup in a spectacular drive through small valleys and a steep pass . The road then crosses a peneplain underlain by limestones and dolomites of the Abendab Subgroup , and the red - brown , iron - rich Chuos ...
... dolomite of the Tsumeb Subgroup in a spectacular drive through small valleys and a steep pass . The road then crosses a peneplain underlain by limestones and dolomites of the Abendab Subgroup , and the red - brown , iron - rich Chuos ...
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