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Page 139
... Escarpment , can be seen to the SW . After another 30 km the view to the W opens up , and , apart from the surrounding un- dulating Kuiseb schist hills , the Donkerhuk Granites W of the Great Escarpment be- come visible . The Donkerhuk ...
... Escarpment , can be seen to the SW . After another 30 km the view to the W opens up , and , apart from the surrounding un- dulating Kuiseb schist hills , the Donkerhuk Granites W of the Great Escarpment be- come visible . The Donkerhuk ...
Page 155
... Escarpment with a gradient of 1 : 4,5 , begins in granites of the Piksteel Suite . These granites form the mountains along the Great Escarpment in this area . Spectacular views open up on both sides of the road , as it continues to ...
... Escarpment with a gradient of 1 : 4,5 , begins in granites of the Piksteel Suite . These granites form the mountains along the Great Escarpment in this area . Spectacular views open up on both sides of the road , as it continues to ...
Page 158
... Escarpment , passes the Gaub Valley and the Naukluft Mountains and climbs the Great Escarpment via the Zarishoogte Pass to reach Maltahöhe , a dis- tance of 307 km . This route is also taken to reach Sesriem and Sossusvlei ( Figs 9.6.1 ...
... Escarpment , passes the Gaub Valley and the Naukluft Mountains and climbs the Great Escarpment via the Zarishoogte Pass to reach Maltahöhe , a dis- tance of 307 km . This route is also taken to reach Sesriem and Sossusvlei ( Figs 9.6.1 ...
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