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... further on , a dark dolerite plug forms a very prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains ...
... further on , a dark dolerite plug forms a very prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains ...
Page 219
... Further back , Nosib quartzites form another series of low hills , while to the W , layered Maieberg Formation limestone and dolomite form the prominent Schumanstal Range . About 38 km from Otavi , the road cuts through a small outcrop ...
... Further back , Nosib quartzites form another series of low hills , while to the W , layered Maieberg Formation limestone and dolomite form the prominent Schumanstal Range . About 38 km from Otavi , the road cuts through a small outcrop ...
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... further on , ridges of Etendeka volcanic rocks with sand on their western flanks still dominate the landscape on either side of the road . Further on , they form the eastern margin of a marine terrace , and erosional channels within the ...
... further on , ridges of Etendeka volcanic rocks with sand on their western flanks still dominate the landscape on either side of the road . Further on , they form the eastern margin of a marine terrace , and erosional channels within the ...
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