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... dominant ( see 8.4 ) . During this phase , extensive desert aeolianite deposits were laid down - the bulk of their sand having been derived from the Orange River sediments de- bouched into a wave - dominated delta with a strong ...
... dominant ( see 8.4 ) . During this phase , extensive desert aeolianite deposits were laid down - the bulk of their sand having been derived from the Orange River sediments de- bouched into a wave - dominated delta with a strong ...
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... dominated by arid to hyperarid climates with a dominant southerly wind regime that was punctuated by short - lived wetter intervals . Consequently , the more spectacular desert deposits are the sand seas and dune fields of the Namib ...
... dominated by arid to hyperarid climates with a dominant southerly wind regime that was punctuated by short - lived wetter intervals . Consequently , the more spectacular desert deposits are the sand seas and dune fields of the Namib ...
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... dominated entirely by the Karoo Sequence . Further on , the contact between the Damaran basement , which dips at an ... dominates the view to the W. After the Twyfelfontein turn - off , the road descends into the valley of the Huab ...
... dominated entirely by the Karoo Sequence . Further on , the contact between the Damaran basement , which dips at an ... dominates the view to the W. After the Twyfelfontein turn - off , the road descends into the valley of the Huab ...
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