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... outcrops , apart from cuts in riverbeds , which the road crosses from time to time . The Kuiseb schist dips at 45 ° to the NW and can be observed in these rare outcrops . Some 76 km from Windhoek , the prominent flat - topped Gamsberg ...
... outcrops , apart from cuts in riverbeds , which the road crosses from time to time . The Kuiseb schist dips at 45 ° to the NW and can be observed in these rare outcrops . Some 76 km from Windhoek , the prominent flat - topped Gamsberg ...
Page 146
... outcrops . The texture is typical of granite , and weathering produces the red sand visible on the road and after 3 km , still on farm Göllschau , well developed onionskin weathering of the granite can be observed . There- after the ...
... outcrops . The texture is typical of granite , and weathering produces the red sand visible on the road and after 3 km , still on farm Göllschau , well developed onionskin weathering of the granite can be observed . There- after the ...
Page 185
... outcrops displaying the typical onionskin weathering , whilst elsewhere it is more jointed . Once these outcrops are passed the road follows a peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediments . The rocks of the Namaqualand Complex accumulated ...
... outcrops displaying the typical onionskin weathering , whilst elsewhere it is more jointed . Once these outcrops are passed the road follows a peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediments . The rocks of the Namaqualand Complex accumulated ...
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