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... thrust sheets . The Hakos Mountains are composed of turbiditic quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup . Their spectacular morphology is related to their position within the Southern Zone thrust belt , and the associated intense thrusting that ...
... thrust sheets . The Hakos Mountains are composed of turbiditic quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup . Their spectacular morphology is related to their position within the Southern Zone thrust belt , and the associated intense thrusting that ...
Page 205
... thrust onto schist and marble of the Kudis Subgroup . As the road climbs out of the Olifants River valley , it again continues in an area underlain by Hohewarte Complex lithologies . Some 21 km from the turn - off , the road returns to ...
... thrust onto schist and marble of the Kudis Subgroup . As the road climbs out of the Olifants River valley , it again continues in an area underlain by Hohewarte Complex lithologies . Some 21 km from the turn - off , the road returns to ...
Page 257
... Thrust , which is split up into an upper and a lower thrust , can be seen in the mountains to the W of Sesfontein . Along the upper thrust , sediments of the Ugab Subgroup are thrust onto Tsumeb Subgroup lithologies , while along the ...
... Thrust , which is split up into an upper and a lower thrust , can be seen in the mountains to the W of Sesfontein . Along the upper thrust , sediments of the Ugab Subgroup are thrust onto Tsumeb Subgroup lithologies , while along 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