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... Brandberg by Axel Schmitt , Rolf Emmermann and John Kinahan The Brandberg is one of the Cretaceous anorogenic complexes of north- western Namibia , and from a spacecraft , it is one of the most eye - catching circular features visible ...
... Brandberg by Axel Schmitt , Rolf Emmermann and John Kinahan The Brandberg is one of the Cretaceous anorogenic complexes of north- western Namibia , and from a spacecraft , it is one of the most eye - catching circular features visible ...
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... Brandberg . This granite carries the amphi- bole arfvedsonite as the main dark mineral and is highly variable in mode and texture . An indurated ... Brandberg . The surrounding country rocks of the Brandberg intrusion consist of Brandberg 49.
... Brandberg . This granite carries the amphi- bole arfvedsonite as the main dark mineral and is highly variable in mode and texture . An indurated ... Brandberg . The surrounding country rocks of the Brandberg intrusion consist of Brandberg 49.
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... Brandberg , which are overlain by white , quartz - rich coarse conglomerates . They are in turn overlain by basalts capped by quartz latites . Remnants of the Karoo rocks are pre- served in a collar along the western and southern margin ...
... Brandberg , which are overlain by white , quartz - rich coarse conglomerates . They are in turn overlain by basalts capped by quartz latites . Remnants of the Karoo rocks are pre- served in a collar along the western and southern margin ...
Contents
Namibia from the Archaean to the Cenozoic | 9 |
An overview of the Namibian mineralogy | 23 |
Present mineral production and exploration | 29 |
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amphibolites basalts Belt Brandberg Brukkaros calcrete Cenozoic Cenozoic sediments column for route composed conglomerate Craton Cretaceous crossed 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