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Page 146
... once more with quite a number of prominent dry river beds and schist of the Chuos Formation is seen in road cuts and form the small hills in the area . Soon after , the landscape becomes flat , and dominating the view are the ...
... once more with quite a number of prominent dry river beds and schist of the Chuos Formation is seen in road cuts and form the small hills in the area . Soon after , the landscape becomes flat , and dominating the view are the ...
Page 163
... once more SE , a massive mountain range composed of Nubib granite and gabbro appears ahead , whilst directly to the E meta - sediments of the Grauwater Formation are passed . Some 60 km south of Solitaire , the Naukluft Mountains ...
... once more SE , a massive mountain range composed of Nubib granite and gabbro appears ahead , whilst directly to the E meta - sediments of the Grauwater Formation are passed . Some 60 km south of Solitaire , the Naukluft Mountains ...
Page 263
... once again composed of rocks of the Okapuka Formation . A waterhole drilled at Oru- pembe supplies the local villagers with water , and also springbok , oryx , kudu and gi- raffe . Leaving Orupembe on road D 3707 in a southwesterly ...
... once again composed of rocks of the Okapuka Formation . A waterhole drilled at Oru- pembe supplies the local villagers with water , and also springbok , oryx , kudu and gi- raffe . Leaving Orupembe on road D 3707 in a southwesterly ...
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