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... fossils occur in Neoproterozoic rocks of the Otavi and Nama Groups of the Damara Sequence . Various basins of the Karoo Sequence contain marine and terrestrial fossils of Permian to Triassic age , while Cre- taceous fossils are found in ...
... fossils occur in Neoproterozoic rocks of the Otavi and Nama Groups of the Damara Sequence . Various basins of the Karoo Sequence contain marine and terrestrial fossils of Permian to Triassic age , while Cre- taceous fossils are found in ...
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... fossils contained in the Na- ma Group are an enigmatic group of organisms about which there is much debate . Most of them were soft - bodied creatures such as Pteridinium , Rangea and Ernietta , which lived on or in seafloor sediments ...
... fossils contained in the Na- ma Group are an enigmatic group of organisms about which there is much debate . Most of them were soft - bodied creatures such as Pteridinium , Rangea and Ernietta , which lived on or in seafloor sediments ...
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... fossils . These fossils are contributing to the bio - stratigraphy of marine terraces and hence are important in the exploration for diamondiferous marine sediments , since diamonds only occur in sediments of a certain age . Researchers ...
... fossils . These fossils are contributing to the bio - stratigraphy of marine terraces and hence are important in the exploration for diamondiferous marine sediments , since diamonds only occur in sediments of a certain age . Researchers ...
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