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... western Namibia , and from a spacecraft , it is one of the most eye - catching circular features visible on Earth . The isolated massif of granite , with ap- proximate dimensions of 26 by 21 km , rises more than 2000 m above the ...
... western Namibia , and from a spacecraft , it is one of the most eye - catching circular features visible on Earth . The isolated massif of granite , with ap- proximate dimensions of 26 by 21 km , rises more than 2000 m above the ...
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... western Namibia represent an impres- sive mountain range , which forms part of the Great Escarpment . They oc- cupy an area of 2100 km2 and have their summit on farm Arbeit Adelt at an elevation of 1960 m above sea level . The flat ...
... western Namibia represent an impres- sive mountain range , which forms part of the Great Escarpment . They oc- cupy an area of 2100 km2 and have their summit on farm Arbeit Adelt at an elevation of 1960 m above sea level . The flat ...
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... Western Kaoko Zone cut by pegmatitic veins form the western fringe of the Marienfluss valley . Within the schist , a single layer with the rare orange mandarin garnet occurs , and has been mined intermittendly in the northern ...
... Western Kaoko Zone cut by pegmatitic veins form the western fringe of the Marienfluss valley . Within the schist , a single layer with the rare orange mandarin garnet occurs , and has been mined intermittendly in the northern ...
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