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... peneplain . The mountain range to the S of the road is composed of schist of the Tin- kas Formation , Swakop Group , which has been intruded by the granodiorite some 520 Ma ago . As the road passes over an elevated area , outcrops of ...
... peneplain . The mountain range to the S of the road is composed of schist of the Tin- kas Formation , Swakop Group , which has been intruded by the granodiorite some 520 Ma ago . As the road passes over an elevated area , outcrops of ...
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... peneplain . However , there is hardly any outcrop . Some 16 km further on the road passes through a slightly more hilly landscape , and Charlottenberg , where Palaeoproterozoic quartzite of the Billstein Formation has been thrust over ...
... peneplain . However , there is hardly any outcrop . Some 16 km further on the road passes through a slightly more hilly landscape , and Charlottenberg , where Palaeoproterozoic quartzite of the Billstein Formation has been thrust over ...
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... peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediments . The rocks of the Namaqualand Complex accumulated in a sea ad- joining the Kaapvaal Craton , and underwent high - grade metamorphism some 1200 Ma ago . Smaller hills comprising gneiss and ...
... peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediments . The rocks of the Namaqualand Complex accumulated in a sea ad- joining the Kaapvaal Craton , and underwent high - grade metamorphism some 1200 Ma ago . Smaller hills comprising gneiss and ...
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