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Page 139
... road has effectively reached the plateau of the Khomas Highland and follows an undulating peneplain with almost no outcrops , apart from cuts in riverbeds , which the road crosses from time to time . The Kuiseb schist dips at 45 ° to ...
... road has effectively reached the plateau of the Khomas Highland and follows an undulating peneplain with almost no outcrops , apart from cuts in riverbeds , which the road crosses from time to time . The Kuiseb schist dips at 45 ° to ...
Page 157
... road , where green shale of the Pavian Nappe and dolomite of the Dassie Nappe can be seen in outcrop . The road then takes a marked turn to the S , and limestone of the Ze- bra Nappe , overlain by dolomite of the Dassie Nappe form the ...
... road , where green shale of the Pavian Nappe and dolomite of the Dassie Nappe can be seen in outcrop . The road then takes a marked turn to the S , and limestone of the Ze- bra Nappe , overlain by dolomite of the Dassie Nappe form the ...
Page 255
... road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road climbs to reach a small pass , from where the main Etendeka lava ...
... road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road climbs to reach a small pass , from where the main Etendeka lava ...
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