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... crossed by a bridge . At this crossing , the river is in a steep canyon incised into schist of the Kuiseb Formation . The Kuiseb River is one of the major ephemeral watercourses in Namibia dewatering into the Atlantic Ocean ( see 8.16 ) ...
... crossed by a bridge . At this crossing , the river is in a steep canyon incised into schist of the Kuiseb Formation . The Kuiseb River is one of the major ephemeral watercourses in Namibia dewatering into the Atlantic Ocean ( see 8.16 ) ...
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... crossed 6 km after the first outcrop of Haribes sandstones , and the good outcrops continue after the bridge ... crossing the Lewerrivier , and the sediments are now noticeably finer grained with more mudstone , which points to a more ...
... crossed 6 km after the first outcrop of Haribes sandstones , and the good outcrops continue after the bridge ... crossing the Lewerrivier , and the sediments are now noticeably finer grained with more mudstone , which points to a more ...
Page 228
... crossed approximately 5 km before Rundu is reached some 248 km from Grootfontein . This valley is the Omuramba Ndonga , and is a palaeo - chan- nel of the Omuramba Omatako , which rises near the Omatako Mountains between Okahandja and ...
... crossed approximately 5 km before Rundu is reached some 248 km from Grootfontein . This valley is the Omuramba Ndonga , and is a palaeo - chan- nel of the Omuramba Omatako , which rises near the Omatako Mountains between Okahandja and ...
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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