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Page 130
... seen in the distance on the northern side of the road . The road crosses numerous ephemeral river beds , which flow towards the Swakop River in the S. One of these , the Ozombanda River , is crossed some 34 km from Okahandja , and to ...
... seen in the distance on the northern side of the road . The road crosses numerous ephemeral river beds , which flow towards the Swakop River in the S. One of these , the Ozombanda River , is crossed some 34 km from Okahandja , and to ...
Page 218
... seen to the E in the distance . The road to Okorusu Mine turns off to the NW about 40 km north of Otjiwarongo . The mine is one of the chief producers of acid - grade fluorspar in the World . The fluorspar is associated with a ...
... seen to the E in the distance . The road to Okorusu Mine turns off to the NW about 40 km north of Otjiwarongo . The mine is one of the chief producers of acid - grade fluorspar in the World . The fluorspar is associated with a ...
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... seen to the SW , this hill , like other less prominent but also distinctive domes in this area , consists of Damara leucogranite , which intruded the surrounding Damara metasediments . In a road cut , about 37 km after leaving Omaruru ...
... seen to the SW , this hill , like other less prominent but also distinctive domes in this area , consists of Damara leucogranite , which intruded the surrounding Damara metasediments . In a road cut , about 37 km after leaving Omaruru ...
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