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... fault . The low- er canyon also exposes a number of steeply inclined bounding faults , some of which are well visible from the main lookout point . These faults also af- fect Karoo Sequence rocks , and must therefore be younger than 300 ...
... fault . The low- er canyon also exposes a number of steeply inclined bounding faults , some of which are well visible from the main lookout point . These faults also af- fect Karoo Sequence rocks , and must therefore be younger than 300 ...
Page 164
... fault is locally developed in calcrete , and the involvement of these Cenozoic sediments indi- cates a recent age for the faulting possibly within the last 100 000 years . The fault is in- terpreted as an incipient stage of continental ...
... fault is locally developed in calcrete , and the involvement of these Cenozoic sediments indi- cates a recent age for the faulting possibly within the last 100 000 years . The fault is in- terpreted as an incipient stage of continental ...
Page 186
... fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the uplifted block , the gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex , separated by an unconformity from the overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The ...
... fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the uplifted block , the gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex , separated by an unconformity from the overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The ...
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