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Page 84
... Lüderitz to 28 ° S was pegged . Within 18 months the whole coast from Walvis Bay to the Orange River mouth had been prospected ( Wagner 1914 ) . Some deflation surfaces S of Lüderitz , such as the Idatal and Scheibetal , were so ...
... Lüderitz to 28 ° S was pegged . Within 18 months the whole coast from Walvis Bay to the Orange River mouth had been prospected ( Wagner 1914 ) . Some deflation surfaces S of Lüderitz , such as the Idatal and Scheibetal , were so ...
Page 181
... Lüderitz follows the railway line , where the first di- amond was discovered in 1908 , and directly opposite the turn - off to Aus , the granitic gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex are cross - cut by pegmatitic dykes . Further on ...
... Lüderitz follows the railway line , where the first di- amond was discovered in 1908 , and directly opposite the turn - off to Aus , the granitic gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex are cross - cut by pegmatitic dykes . Further on ...
Page 182
... Lüderitz harbour is composed entirely of gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex , and scenic drives to Agate Beach or Diaz Point all remain in the area under- lain by these rocks . 9.10 Aus - Rosh Pinah - Oranjemund by Volker Petzel and Gabi ...
... Lüderitz harbour is composed entirely of gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex , and scenic drives to Agate Beach or Diaz Point all remain in the area under- lain by these rocks . 9.10 Aus - Rosh Pinah - Oranjemund by Volker Petzel and Gabi ...
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