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Gabi Schneider. The road makes a marked turn to the SW some 108 km south of Aus , and here lime- stones of the Schwarzrand Subgroup occur on the western side of the road . After 10 km the road makes another turn to the S and Schwarzrand ...
Gabi Schneider. The road makes a marked turn to the SW some 108 km south of Aus , and here lime- stones of the Schwarzrand Subgroup occur on the western side of the road . After 10 km the road makes another turn to the S and Schwarzrand ...
Page 188
... turn is overlain by greywacke , quartzite , arkose , limestone and dolomite of the Holgat Sequence . A further 15 km downriver the turn - off to the Auchas Diamond Deposit is reached , where diamonds are mined from Proto - Orange ...
... turn is overlain by greywacke , quartzite , arkose , limestone and dolomite of the Holgat Sequence . A further 15 km downriver the turn - off to the Auchas Diamond Deposit is reached , where diamonds are mined from Proto - Orange ...
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... turn is overlain by a layer of Etendeka volcanic rocks . The road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road ...
... turn is overlain by a layer of Etendeka volcanic rocks . The road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with Damaran schist forming the undulating hills to the S. Some 7 km from the Petrified Forest , the road ...
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