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... ridge is reached 75 km from Kamanjab . This NE - trending ridge rises some 60 m above the surrounding area , and consists of several beds of argillite and white quartzite , some dolomite , limestone and calcareous mudstone forming the ...
... ridge is reached 75 km from Kamanjab . This NE - trending ridge rises some 60 m above the surrounding area , and consists of several beds of argillite and white quartzite , some dolomite , limestone and calcareous mudstone forming the ...
Page 248
... Ridge runs parallel to the coast in the E. In this ridge , sediments of the Prince Albert and Gai - As Formations of the Karoo Se- quence are unconformably overlain by Etendeka Formation volcanics . The Karoo sedi- ments comprise bands ...
... Ridge runs parallel to the coast in the E. In this ridge , sediments of the Prince Albert and Gai - As Formations of the Karoo Se- quence are unconformably overlain by Etendeka Formation volcanics . The Karoo sedi- ments comprise bands ...
Page 249
... ridges on either side of the road in a zone of intensive shearing and thrusting . The shipwreck of the South West Seal lies between the sea and the western ridge , and can be viewed from a lookout point some 16 km N of Ugabmund , and ...
... ridges on either side of the road in a zone of intensive shearing and thrusting . The shipwreck of the South West Seal lies between the sea and the western ridge , and can be viewed from a lookout point some 16 km N of Ugabmund , 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