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... Otavi towards the NE in an area underlain by shales and quartzites of the Ghaub Formation of the Otavi Group , with little or no outcrop . The landscape is dominated , however , by the fast approaching high rising Otavi Mountainland to ...
... Otavi towards the NE in an area underlain by shales and quartzites of the Ghaub Formation of the Otavi Group , with little or no outcrop . The landscape is dominated , however , by the fast approaching high rising Otavi Mountainland to ...
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... Otavi Valley , and 13 km from Otavi , brickworks on the southern side of the road make use of such alluvial clays together with weathered Kombat Formation phyllites . The copper deposits in the Otavi Valley are , however , of much ...
... Otavi Valley , and 13 km from Otavi , brickworks on the southern side of the road make use of such alluvial clays together with weathered Kombat Formation phyllites . The copper deposits in the Otavi Valley are , however , of much ...
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... Otavi Valley one of the few areas in Namibia supporting large scale crop production . Approaching Grootfontein , the road leaves the Otavi Valley and the Kalahari Basin ( see 8.13 ) becomes visible after some 73 km from Otavi , but the ...
... Otavi Valley one of the few areas in Namibia supporting large scale crop production . Approaching Grootfontein , the road leaves the Otavi Valley and the Kalahari Basin ( see 8.13 ) becomes visible after some 73 km from Otavi , but 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