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... quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup thrust onto the younger Vaalgras Subgroup and the Hohewarte Complex . However , after 5 km the country rocks once again belong to the Hohewarte Complex , and the landscape is flat . In the E , the ...
... quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup thrust onto the younger Vaalgras Subgroup and the Hohewarte Complex . However , after 5 km the country rocks once again belong to the Hohewarte Complex , and the landscape is flat . In the E , the ...
Page 209
... quartzite beds of the Kleine Kuppe Formation , which are well exposed in road cuts . From the Dordabis turn - off to about 3 km before the Hosea Kutako International Airport , the road crosses a series of thrusts in schist and quartzite ...
... quartzite beds of the Kleine Kuppe Formation , which are well exposed in road cuts . From the Dordabis turn - off to about 3 km before the Hosea Kutako International Airport , the road crosses a series of thrusts in schist and quartzite ...
Page 238
... quartzite and folded to form a series of tight anticlines and synclines ( Porada 1974 ) . In the lower lying areas , the porhyritic Kaross Granite of the Fransfontein Suite crops out . This granite is red to greenish red and varies from ...
... quartzite and folded to form a series of tight anticlines and synclines ( Porada 1974 ) . In the lower lying areas , the porhyritic Kaross Granite of the Fransfontein Suite crops out . This granite is red to greenish red and varies from ...
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