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... road cut some 15 km outside Okahandja . Thereafter a number of granite hills can be seen in the distance on the ... continues in a westerly direction , the landscape changes yet again , as the geology consists of marbles of the Karibib ...
... road cut some 15 km outside Okahandja . Thereafter a number of granite hills can be seen in the distance on the ... continues in a westerly direction , the landscape changes yet again , as the geology consists of marbles of the Karibib ...
Page 139
... road ends . The now abandoned Matchless Mine is one of the oldest mines in Namibia and started production as early ... continues , the valley widens , and after 17 km Donkerhuk Granite exposures appear closer to the road in the north ...
... road ends . The now abandoned Matchless Mine is one of the oldest mines in Namibia and started production as early ... continues , the valley widens , and after 17 km Donkerhuk Granite exposures appear closer to the road in the north ...
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... road continues for a short while in the valley of the Rutile River , a tributary of the Kuiseb River and spectacular outcrops of Kuiseb schist can be seen just next to the road . The road crosses the Rutile River 2 km further on , and as ...
... road continues for a short while in the valley of the Rutile River , a tributary of the Kuiseb River and spectacular outcrops of Kuiseb schist can be seen just next to the road . The road crosses the Rutile River 2 km further on , and as ...
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