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... Mountains , the Schroffenstein , attains an elevation of 2202 m above sea level . The topography of the Karas Mountains is the re- sult of extensive block faulting which occurred some 500 Ma ago , when the rocks making up these mountains ...
... Mountains , the Schroffenstein , attains an elevation of 2202 m above sea level . The topography of the Karas Mountains is the re- sult of extensive block faulting which occurred some 500 Ma ago , when the rocks making up these mountains ...
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... mountain " morphology of the Zaris Mountains , which soon dominates the view to the SE . The conspicuous Rooikop hill , composed of red metamorphic rocks of the Neuhof For- mation , is passed directly E of the road about 37 km S of the ...
... mountain " morphology of the Zaris Mountains , which soon dominates the view to the SE . The conspicuous Rooikop hill , composed of red metamorphic rocks of the Neuhof For- mation , is passed directly E of the road about 37 km S of the ...
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... Mountains 123 Okatjimukuju 25-27 , 130 Okaukuejo 233 , 235 , 236 Okavango Basin 39 Okawango Delta 228 Okawayo 133 Okombahe Mountain 136 Okongue Koppjie 221 Okonjenya Mountain 240 , 243 Okonjima Mountain 217 Okorusu 27 , 42 , 45 , 216 ...
... Mountains 123 Okatjimukuju 25-27 , 130 Okaukuejo 233 , 235 , 236 Okavango Basin 39 Okawango Delta 228 Okawayo 133 Okombahe Mountain 136 Okongue Koppjie 221 Okonjenya Mountain 240 , 243 Okonjima Mountain 217 Okorusu 27 , 42 , 45 , 216 ...
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