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... column for route 9.1 . Khan Fm Etusis Fm Abbabis Complex ic events . The lineament trends NE and represents a deep penetrating zone of weakness in the crust which has repeatedly been active and has had a major influence throughout the ...
... column for route 9.1 . Khan Fm Etusis Fm Abbabis Complex ic events . The lineament trends NE and represents a deep penetrating zone of weakness in the crust which has repeatedly been active and has had a major influence throughout the ...
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... column for route 9.6 . Damara Sequence 7 km . The thrusting is well developed and easily recognisable . In the foreground , Tsondab Formation sandstone forms a hill , capped by calcrete . It is the calcrete , de- posited in a pan ...
... column for route 9.6 . Damara Sequence 7 km . The thrusting is well developed and easily recognisable . In the foreground , Tsondab Formation sandstone forms a hill , capped by calcrete . It is the calcrete , de- posited in a pan ...
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... column for route 9.13 . crop . As the road descends into the valley of the Hom River , which is reached 30 km from Grünau , it moves into the stratigraphically higher shale of the Prince Albert For- mation of the Karoo Sequence . The road ...
... column for route 9.13 . crop . As the road descends into the valley of the Hom River , which is reached 30 km from Grünau , it moves into the stratigraphically higher shale of the Prince Albert For- mation of the Karoo Sequence . The road ...
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