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... southern Africa . This evolution is characterised initial- ly by the formation of cratons as stable parts of the Earth's early crust , sur- rounded by mobile belts , which were ... southern Africa The geological evolution of southern Africa.
... southern Africa . This evolution is characterised initial- ly by the formation of cratons as stable parts of the Earth's early crust , sur- rounded by mobile belts , which were ... southern Africa The geological evolution of southern Africa.
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... southern Africa continued further with the for- mation of the Namaqua - Natal Belt on the southern and southwestern mar- gin of the Kaapvaal Craton between 1300 and 1000 Ma ago . Through this process stabilised landmasses were connected ...
... southern Africa continued further with the for- mation of the Namaqua - Natal Belt on the southern and southwestern mar- gin of the Kaapvaal Craton between 1300 and 1000 Ma ago . Through this process stabilised landmasses were connected ...
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... Southern Zone , the Southern Margin Zone and the Southern Foreland . The Northern Platform contains the thick platform car- bonates of the Otavi Group overlain by the molasse of the Mulden Group . The Northern Zone represents a ...
... Southern Zone , the Southern Margin Zone and the Southern Foreland . The Northern Platform contains the thick platform car- bonates of the Otavi Group overlain by the molasse of the Mulden Group . The Northern Zone represents a ...
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