The Roadside Geology of Namibia |
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... visible . Similarly , some 10 km after the entrance to the Park , the Namib Desert is no longer vis- ible in the W , obscured by mountains composed of black limestone of the Kuibis Sub- group , Nama Group . The strata are dipping ...
... visible . Similarly , some 10 km after the entrance to the Park , the Namib Desert is no longer vis- ible in the W , obscured by mountains composed of black limestone of the Kuibis Sub- group , Nama Group . The strata are dipping ...
Page 186
... visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by Neoproterozoic mixtites of the Numees Forma- tion of the Gariep Complex . The Gariep Complex represents the equivalent of the Damara ...
... visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by Neoproterozoic mixtites of the Numees Forma- tion of the Gariep Complex . The Gariep Complex represents the equivalent of the Damara ...
Page 227
... visible to the E of the road . This panorama is particularly visible some 5 km N of Grootfontein , where calcrete has formed a slight rise elevation . Calcrete used for road building is quarried to the W of the road . Some 13 km from ...
... visible to the E of the road . This panorama is particularly visible some 5 km N of Grootfontein , where calcrete has formed a slight rise elevation . Calcrete used for road building is quarried to the W of the road . Some 13 km from ...
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