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Page 116
... granite and metasediments of the Damara Orogen . The Spitzkuppe granites were pre- ceded by a period of basaltic ... granite complex ( Fig . 8.29.1 ) com- prising of three texturally distinct granite phases , a marginal , medium- grained ...
... granite and metasediments of the Damara Orogen . The Spitzkuppe granites were pre- ceded by a period of basaltic ... granite complex ( Fig . 8.29.1 ) com- prising of three texturally distinct granite phases , a marginal , medium- grained ...
Page 139
... Granites W of the Great Escarpment be- come visible . The Donkerhuk Granite is a grey , garnet - bearing , two mica , post - tectonic Damaran granite , which intruded the Kuiseb schist some 520 Ma ago . Just 3 km further on , the top of ...
... Granites W of the Great Escarpment be- come visible . The Donkerhuk Granite is a grey , garnet - bearing , two mica , post - tectonic Damaran granite , which intruded the Kuiseb schist some 520 Ma ago . Just 3 km further on , the top of ...
Page 221
... granite of Dama- ra - age outcrops and is cut by a dolerite dyke showing distinctive blocky weathering . Within the granite remnants of light - coloured skarn are also discernible . A little further , another prominent granite outcrop ...
... granite of Dama- ra - age outcrops and is cut by a dolerite dyke showing distinctive blocky weathering . Within the granite remnants of light - coloured skarn are also discernible . A little further , another prominent granite outcrop ...
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