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... Formation . At the Waterberg itself , the Dwyka and Ecca Groups do not crop out . The Omingonde Formation con- sists mainly of massive , red - brown , fine - grained sandstone and siltstone with subordinate mudstone . The Waterberg ...
... Formation . At the Waterberg itself , the Dwyka and Ecca Groups do not crop out . The Omingonde Formation con- sists mainly of massive , red - brown , fine - grained sandstone and siltstone with subordinate mudstone . The Waterberg ...
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... Formation and the felsites of the Rosh Pinah Formation . The felsites have a distinct light colour and the contact is clearly visible in the mountain range . The road then passes through hills composed of rocks of the Rosh Pinah Formation ...
... Formation and the felsites of the Rosh Pinah Formation . The felsites have a distinct light colour and the contact is clearly visible in the mountain range . The road then passes through hills composed of rocks of the Rosh Pinah Formation ...
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... Formation Hüttenberg Formation Elandshoek Formation Maieberg Formation Berg Aukas Formation -Tsumeb Subgroup Otavi Group Abenab Subgroup Nosib Group Epupa Complex Fig . 9.23.2 : Stratigraphic column for route 9.23 . Damara Sequence As ...
... Formation Hüttenberg Formation Elandshoek Formation Maieberg Formation Berg Aukas Formation -Tsumeb Subgroup Otavi Group Abenab Subgroup Nosib Group Epupa Complex Fig . 9.23.2 : Stratigraphic column for route 9.23 . Damara Sequence As ...
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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