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Page 165
... flat - lying black limestones of the Nama Group . The flat - lying limestones are responsible for the " table mountain " morphology of the Zaris Mountains , which soon dominates the view to the SE . The conspicuous Rooikop hill ...
... flat - lying black limestones of the Nama Group . The flat - lying limestones are responsible for the " table mountain " morphology of the Zaris Mountains , which soon dominates the view to the SE . The conspicuous Rooikop hill ...
Page 175
... flat - topped Zaris Mountains representing the Great Escarpment become visible in the far W about 46 km outside Maltahöhe . They are part of the Great Escarpment and are composed of flat lying limestone of the Zaris Formation , Kuibis ...
... flat - topped Zaris Mountains representing the Great Escarpment become visible in the far W about 46 km outside Maltahöhe . They are part of the Great Escarpment and are composed of flat lying limestone of the Zaris Formation , Kuibis ...
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... flat calcrete and sand - covered area is formed by Nosib quartzites , while the low reddish hills of quartzite to the E of the road indicate the anticlinal hinge zone , and the higher , lighter - coloured hills beyond consist of Abenab ...
... flat calcrete and sand - covered area is formed by Nosib quartzites , while the low reddish hills of quartzite to the E of the road indicate the anticlinal hinge zone , and the higher , lighter - coloured hills beyond consist of Abenab ...
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