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... Pass – Maltahöhe - The route from Rostock to Maltahöhe begins at the road junction of the C26 ( Gamsberg Pass ) and the C14 from Walvis Bay to Maltahöhe . It follows the edge of the Namib Desert W of the Great Escarpment , passes the ...
... Pass – Maltahöhe - The route from Rostock to Maltahöhe begins at the road junction of the C26 ( Gamsberg Pass ) and the C14 from Walvis Bay to Maltahöhe . It follows the edge of the Namib Desert W of the Great Escarpment , passes the ...
Page 165
... passes a major thrust , along which granites of the Gamsberg Suite were thrust over red quartzites and conglomerates of the Aubures Formation , Sinclair Sequence . The signpost " Zarishoogte Pass ” is passed some 10 km after the Zaris ...
... passes a major thrust , along which granites of the Gamsberg Suite were thrust over red quartzites and conglomerates of the Aubures Formation , Sinclair Sequence . The signpost " Zarishoogte Pass ” is passed some 10 km after the Zaris ...
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... passes a small gap in the range , passes the Skaap River marked by large Camelthorn trees , which thrive on the underground water contained in the sediments of this ephemeral river . Dordabis is reached some 88 km from Windhoek and at ...
... passes a small gap in the range , passes the Skaap River marked by large Camelthorn trees , which thrive on the underground water contained in the sediments of this ephemeral river . Dordabis is reached some 88 km from Windhoek and at ...
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