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... Cretaceous age . Most of them occur in the Gibeon area . During the Cretaceous and Tertiary , southern Africa completed its sepa- ration from the neighbouring parts of Gondwanaland ( Fig . 2.1 ) . As a result of isostatic movements ...
... Cretaceous age . Most of them occur in the Gibeon area . During the Cretaceous and Tertiary , southern Africa completed its sepa- ration from the neighbouring parts of Gondwanaland ( Fig . 2.1 ) . As a result of isostatic movements ...
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... Cretaceous deposits and extensive terrestrial Tertiary to recent sediments . By the end of the Cretaceous , the Orange River was already a major drainage system and deposited vast amounts of sediments in a huge submarine offshore delta ...
... Cretaceous deposits and extensive terrestrial Tertiary to recent sediments . By the end of the Cretaceous , the Orange River was already a major drainage system and deposited vast amounts of sediments in a huge submarine offshore delta ...
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... Cretaceous sediments are extremely rare in Namibia , which is why the fossil - bearing crater - lake sediments of the Cretaceous Gross Brukkaros ( see 2.2 ) are of great importance . Among the fossil material recovered are pieces of ...
... Cretaceous sediments are extremely rare in Namibia , which is why the fossil - bearing crater - lake sediments of the Cretaceous Gross Brukkaros ( see 2.2 ) are of great importance . Among the fossil material recovered are pieces of ...
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