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Page 59
... exposed the two sills , especially the upper sill west , N and NE of Keetmanshoop , and to a minor extent also towards the S. The lower sill forms the hills just N of the Löwen River , where the upper sill has already been eroded ...
... exposed the two sills , especially the upper sill west , N and NE of Keetmanshoop , and to a minor extent also towards the S. The lower sill forms the hills just N of the Löwen River , where the upper sill has already been eroded ...
Page 110
... exposed many of the logs and also several smaller pieces . The larger logs are up to 1,2 m in diameter and at least two trees are exposed with a full length of 45 m . Although the trunks are broken into sections 2 m and shorter , the ...
... exposed many of the logs and also several smaller pieces . The larger logs are up to 1,2 m in diameter and at least two trees are exposed with a full length of 45 m . Although the trunks are broken into sections 2 m and shorter , the ...
Page 263
... exposed . The rocks are greyish to brownish para - gneisses with sporadic granitic remobilisates in veins and stringers , and conspicuous augen - gneiss and migmatite be- come more common towards the W. Minor occurrences of amphibolite ...
... exposed . The rocks are greyish to brownish para - gneisses with sporadic granitic remobilisates in veins and stringers , and conspicuous augen - gneiss and migmatite be- come more common towards the W. Minor occurrences of amphibolite ...
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