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Page 130
... marbles of the Karibib Formation of the Swakop Group . The first marble hills can be seen on the southern side of the road some 22 km outside Wilhelmstal and shortly thereafter the mighty Erongo Complex ( see 8.7 ) appears N of the road ...
... marbles of the Karibib Formation of the Swakop Group . The first marble hills can be seen on the southern side of the road some 22 km outside Wilhelmstal and shortly thereafter the mighty Erongo Complex ( see 8.7 ) appears N of the road ...
Page 218
... marble appear on both sides of the road and form promi- nent landmarks . In the E , the Honigberg rises above the surrounding low - lying areas , while a little further the Jägershof Mountain , which is part of a NE - striking marble ...
... marble appear on both sides of the road and form promi- nent landmarks . In the E , the Honigberg rises above the surrounding low - lying areas , while a little further the Jägershof Mountain , which is part of a NE - striking marble ...
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... marble is intruded by Damara granite resulting in the formation of tungsten - bearing skarns . Some 2 km further on , the double peak of the Okongue Koppie can be seen to the SW , this hill , like other less prominent but also ...
... marble is intruded by Damara granite resulting in the formation of tungsten - bearing skarns . Some 2 km further on , the double peak of the Okongue Koppie can be seen to the SW , this hill , like other less prominent but also ...
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