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... Valley Formation schist can be ob- served close to the road . After another 6 km a diabase dyke passes within ... valley of the Tsondab River , which is the major valley through the Naukluft Mountains , after about 2 km , Gamsberg ...
... Valley Formation schist can be ob- served close to the road . After another 6 km a diabase dyke passes within ... valley of the Tsondab River , which is the major valley through the Naukluft Mountains , after about 2 km , Gamsberg ...
Page 157
... valley widens considerably , and another valley branches off to the W. At the end of this valley , the limestone of the Dassie Nappe is exposed . Next to the road , which now closely follows the Tsondab River , there are abundant ...
... valley widens considerably , and another valley branches off to the W. At the end of this valley , the limestone of the Dassie Nappe is exposed . Next to the road , which now closely follows the Tsondab River , there are abundant ...
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... valley is flanked by palm trees , while along the waterfalls Baobab trees also grow . To proceed towards Marienfluss ... valley . The flanks of this valley are extremely steep , and as the Van Zyl's Pass negotiates an altitude difference ...
... valley is flanked by palm trees , while along the waterfalls Baobab trees also grow . To proceed towards Marienfluss ... valley . The flanks of this valley are extremely steep , and as the Van Zyl's Pass negotiates an altitude difference ...
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