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... represents the southern edge of the Central Zone of the Orogen , and marks major changes in stratigraphic succession , struc- tural style and age of metamorphic events . The lineament trends N and represents a deep penetrating zone of ...
... represents the southern edge of the Central Zone of the Orogen , and marks major changes in stratigraphic succession , struc- tural style and age of metamorphic events . The lineament trends N and represents a deep penetrating zone of ...
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... representing a topographic expression of the large fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the ... represents the equivalent of the Damara Orogen in southern Namibia . It was deposited in an ocean to the W of the ...
... representing a topographic expression of the large fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the ... represents the equivalent of the Damara Orogen in southern Namibia . It was deposited in an ocean to the W of the ...
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... represents the change to a different tectono - metamorphic terrane . The boundary between the two ter- ranes is represented by the Sesfontein Thrust constituting a series of W - dipping low - an- gle thrust planes . To the W , the meta ...
... represents the change to a different tectono - metamorphic terrane . The boundary between the two ter- ranes is represented by the Sesfontein Thrust constituting a series of W - dipping low - an- gle thrust planes . To the W , the meta ...
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