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... limestone , dolomite , chert and banded iron formation . In the Erongo Region , various gneisses , amphibolites and pegmatites constitute the Abbabis Complex of central Namibia . E of Walvis Bay , banded gneiss is the main rock type ...
... limestone , dolomite , chert and banded iron formation . In the Erongo Region , various gneisses , amphibolites and pegmatites constitute the Abbabis Complex of central Namibia . E of Walvis Bay , banded gneiss is the main rock type ...
Page 157
... limestone of the Dassie Nappe is exposed . Next to the road , which now closely follows the Tsondab River , there are abundant outcrops of calcrete . After another 5 km , the road is close to the southern fringe of a fairly wide valley ...
... limestone of the Dassie Nappe is exposed . Next to the road , which now closely follows the Tsondab River , there are abundant outcrops of calcrete . After another 5 km , the road is close to the southern fringe of a fairly wide valley ...
Page 165
... limestone of the Zaris Formation , Nama Group . Once the route has reached the top of the Great Escarpment , it follows a wide , gently undulating peneplain underlain by the same black limestones that were encountered in road cuts ...
... limestone of the Zaris Formation , Nama Group . Once the route has reached the top of the Great Escarpment , it follows a wide , gently undulating peneplain underlain by the same black limestones that were encountered in road cuts ...
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