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... follows terrane underlain by the same granite . On the farm Gamochas , some 20 km outside Helmeringhausen , the gentle and boulder- strewn hills are composed of quartz porphyry and mafic rocks of the Nagatis Forma- tion , Sinclair ...
... follows terrane underlain by the same granite . On the farm Gamochas , some 20 km outside Helmeringhausen , the gentle and boulder- strewn hills are composed of quartz porphyry and mafic rocks of the Nagatis Forma- tion , Sinclair ...
Page 238
... follows this ridge for a couple of kilometers and then crosses back into the Kaross Granite . The road then swings northward and follows the fence of the Etosha Game Park . Most of this stretch is underlain by the Kaross Granite , until ...
... follows this ridge for a couple of kilometers and then crosses back into the Kaross Granite . The road then swings northward and follows the fence of the Etosha Game Park . Most of this stretch is underlain by the Kaross Granite , until ...
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... follows a flat peneplain underlain by schist of the Kuiseb Formation and , occasionally , marble of the Karibib ... follows terrane un- derlain by Cenozoic surficial sediments , rocky outcrops along the shoreline have formed a number of ...
... follows a flat peneplain underlain by schist of the Kuiseb Formation and , occasionally , marble of the Karibib ... follows terrane un- derlain by Cenozoic surficial sediments , rocky outcrops along the shoreline have formed a number of ...
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