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... rock - forming periods ( Tab . 3.1 ) . The oldest rocks occur within metamorphic complexes of Vaalian ( > 2000 Ma ) to Early Mokolian ( 2000 to 1800 Ma ) age . These form a base- ment to the rocks of the next major period , which ...
... rock - forming periods ( Tab . 3.1 ) . The oldest rocks occur within metamorphic complexes of Vaalian ( > 2000 Ma ) to Early Mokolian ( 2000 to 1800 Ma ) age . These form a base- ment to the rocks of the next major period , which ...
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... rocks . The Billstein Formation is dominated by phyllite and quartzite , with some volcanic rocks occurring as intercalations . Character- istic brown quartzite is the main rock type of the Gaub Valley Formation , with quartzite ...
... rocks . The Billstein Formation is dominated by phyllite and quartzite , with some volcanic rocks occurring as intercalations . Character- istic brown quartzite is the main rock type of the Gaub Valley Formation , with quartzite ...
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... rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up of Gondwana . The Paresis Complex is made up of alkaline volcanic and sub - volcanic rocks . The majority of the ...
... rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up of Gondwana . The Paresis Complex is made up of alkaline volcanic and sub - volcanic rocks . The majority of the ...
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