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... Namib Desert by John Ward The Namib is one of five west coast , low - latitude desert regions in the world . It forms a narrow desert tract some 2000 km long and less than 150 km wide , lying W of the Great Escarpment and stretching ...
... Namib Desert by John Ward The Namib is one of five west coast , low - latitude desert regions in the world . It forms a narrow desert tract some 2000 km long and less than 150 km wide , lying W of the Great Escarpment and stretching ...
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... Desert . regime along the Atlantic coast to bi- and even multi - directional systems influenced by north - westerly and easterly winds further inland . The immediate coastal tract is dominated by white to beige coloured ... Namib Desert 99.
... Desert . regime along the Atlantic coast to bi- and even multi - directional systems influenced by north - westerly and easterly winds further inland . The immediate coastal tract is dominated by white to beige coloured ... Namib Desert 99.
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... Namib testify to geo- morphic stability and a change from a climatic regime in which deep weathering and kaolinization ... Namib desert phase occur in the Eocene , but this phase reached it's full extent in the Middle Miocene some 15 Ma ...
... Namib testify to geo- morphic stability and a change from a climatic regime in which deep weathering and kaolinization ... Namib desert phase occur in the Eocene , but this phase reached it's full extent in the Middle Miocene some 15 Ma ...
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