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... farm and place names is evidence of this fact . Furthermore , “ Ai ” for water , as in Aigams , the Nama name for Windhoek ; Ai - Ais or other names like " Aub " indicate water in many of the original place names . In fact all old ...
... farm and place names is evidence of this fact . Furthermore , “ Ai ” for water , as in Aigams , the Nama name for Windhoek ; Ai - Ais or other names like " Aub " indicate water in many of the original place names . In fact all old ...
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... farm Göllschau , well developed onionskin weathering of the granite can be observed . There- after the road moves into dolomites of the Corona Formation on the farm Weissenfels , and further on , dark schist with intercalated banded ...
... farm Göllschau , well developed onionskin weathering of the granite can be observed . There- after the road moves into dolomites of the Corona Formation on the farm Weissenfels , and further on , dark schist with intercalated banded ...
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... farm Neuhof , it now runs in a narrow valley bounded by basement , forming smooth , undu- lating hills on either side . About 20 km S of Rooikop , on the farm Hammerstein , the valley widens once more , and the Zaris Mountains re ...
... farm Neuhof , it now runs in a narrow valley bounded by basement , forming smooth , undu- lating hills on either side . About 20 km S of Rooikop , on the farm Hammerstein , the valley widens once more , and the Zaris Mountains re ...
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