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Page 133
... prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains green serpentinite and brown siderite , and this ...
... prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains green serpentinite and brown siderite , and this ...
Page 170
... prominent hills composed of the white to bluish marbles of the Corona Formation . These rocks in- dicate a change in depositional environment from calm deep water with anoxic condi- tions ( Blaukrans Formation ) to a marine ...
... prominent hills composed of the white to bluish marbles of the Corona Formation . These rocks in- dicate a change in depositional environment from calm deep water with anoxic condi- tions ( Blaukrans Formation ) to a marine ...
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... prominent on both sides of the road , and about 30 km N of Mile 108 the turbidites of the Zerissene Mountains become visible in the distance in the E. The entrance to the Skeleton Coast Park at Ugabmund is reached 35 km N of Mile 108 ...
... prominent on both sides of the road , and about 30 km N of Mile 108 the turbidites of the Zerissene Mountains become visible in the distance in the E. The entrance to the Skeleton Coast Park at Ugabmund is reached 35 km N of Mile 108 ...
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