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... Etjo Mount Etjo is one of the more striking morphological features in northern central Namibia . It forms a long , narrow plateau , some 16 km in length with a maximum width of 3 km SE of Kalkfeld . The highest elevation of 2086 m above ...
... Etjo Mount Etjo is one of the more striking morphological features in northern central Namibia . It forms a long , narrow plateau , some 16 km in length with a maximum width of 3 km SE of Kalkfeld . The highest elevation of 2086 m above ...
Page 94
... Etjo is an erosional relic with a capping of 70 m of hard Etjo Sandstone ( Fig . 8.19.1 ) . At Mount Etjo , the Lower Omingonde Formation , represented by sedi- ments of a stratified inland lake , overlies granites and gneisses of the ...
... Etjo is an erosional relic with a capping of 70 m of hard Etjo Sandstone ( Fig . 8.19.1 ) . At Mount Etjo , the Lower Omingonde Formation , represented by sedi- ments of a stratified inland lake , overlies granites and gneisses of the ...
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... Etjo sandstone forming the prominent cliffs of the upper third of the mountains . The Etjo sandstone in turn is overlain by a layer of Etendeka volcanic rocks . The road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with ...
... Etjo sandstone forming the prominent cliffs of the upper third of the mountains . The Etjo sandstone in turn is overlain by a layer of Etendeka volcanic rocks . The road then continues in terrane underlain by Karoo sedi- ments , with ...
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