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... zone in the NW and a low temperature - high pressure zone in the SE . Central Namibia was the location of an active continental margin with a northwestwards dipping subduction zone ( Fig . 3.6 ) . The zone immediately to the SE be- came ...
... zone in the NW and a low temperature - high pressure zone in the SE . Central Namibia was the location of an active continental margin with a northwestwards dipping subduction zone ( Fig . 3.6 ) . The zone immediately to the SE be- came ...
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... zones . From N to S they are the Northern Platform , the Northern Zone , the Central Zone , the Okahandja Lineament Zone , the Southern Zone , the Southern Margin Zone and the Southern Foreland . The Northern Platform contains the thick ...
... zones . From N to S they are the Northern Platform , the Northern Zone , the Central Zone , the Okahandja Lineament Zone , the Southern Zone , the Southern Margin Zone and the Southern Foreland . The Northern Platform contains the thick ...
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... zone of weakness in the crust which has repeatedly been active and has had a major influence throughout the depositional and tectonic history of the Damara Orogen ( Miller 1979 ) . The Central Zone is underlain by the low - pressure ...
... zone of weakness in the crust which has repeatedly been active and has had a major influence throughout the depositional and tectonic history of the Damara Orogen ( Miller 1979 ) . The Central Zone is underlain by the low - pressure ...
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