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... volcanic rocks , and is one of the largest continental flood volcanic provinces in the World . Volcanics of the Etendeka Group consist of a bimodal association of mafic to intermediate ( 51-59 % SiO , ) tholeiitic lavas interbedded with ...
... volcanic rocks , and is one of the largest continental flood volcanic provinces in the World . Volcanics of the Etendeka Group consist of a bimodal association of mafic to intermediate ( 51-59 % SiO , ) tholeiitic lavas interbedded with ...
Page 252
... volcanics , and there are some small , isolated volcanic hills . The coastal dune belt remains prominent in the E , and some 14 km N of the Uniab River , the road cross- es a ridge of Etendeka volcanics . It then runs very close to the ...
... volcanics , and there are some small , isolated volcanic hills . The coastal dune belt remains prominent in the E , and some 14 km N of the Uniab River , the road cross- es a ridge of Etendeka volcanics . It then runs very close to the ...
Page 255
... volcanics , Etendeka basalts and quartz latites . The well developed layering in the volcanics represents individual lava flows . The road then continues for the next 100 km in Etendeka volcanics , and Palmwag is reached some 162 km ...
... volcanics , Etendeka basalts and quartz latites . The well developed layering in the volcanics represents individual lava flows . The road then continues for the next 100 km in Etendeka volcanics , and Palmwag is reached some 162 km ...
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