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Page 181
... gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex are cross - cut by pegmatitic dykes . Further on , these rocks display typical onionskin weathering . After Aus , the road enters a peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediment , and the mountains to the ...
... gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex are cross - cut by pegmatitic dykes . Further on , these rocks display typical onionskin weathering . After Aus , the road enters a peneplain underlain by Cenozoic sediment , and the mountains to the ...
Page 186
... gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex , separated by an unconformity from the overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by ...
... gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex , separated by an unconformity from the overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by ...
Page 261
... gneisses and amphibolites of the Epupa Complex are now exposed . The Epupa Complex is a succession of metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks , it is wide- ly migmatised and altered to form porphyroblastic gneiss , feldspathic ...
... gneisses and amphibolites of the Epupa Complex are now exposed . The Epupa Complex is a succession of metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks , it is wide- ly migmatised and altered to form porphyroblastic gneiss , feldspathic ...
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