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... Major Lineament Major Fault Matchless Amphibolite Belt Nosib and Hakos Groups 100km Before Okahandja is reached , two bridges cross the Swakop River , one of Namibia's major ephemeral rivers , and its tributary , the Okahandja River ...
... Major Lineament Major Fault Matchless Amphibolite Belt Nosib and Hakos Groups 100km Before Okahandja is reached , two bridges cross the Swakop River , one of Namibia's major ephemeral rivers , and its tributary , the Okahandja River ...
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... Major Lineament Major Fault Major Thrust 0 100km Fig . 9.6.1 : Geological map for route 9.6 . stone and to the W one can observe quartzite and schist of the Hakos Group . The scenic descent into the Gaub Valley begins some 19 km after ...
... Major Lineament Major Fault Major Thrust 0 100km Fig . 9.6.1 : Geological map for route 9.6 . stone and to the W one can observe quartzite and schist of the Hakos Group . The scenic descent into the Gaub Valley begins some 19 km after ...
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... Major Thrust Major Lineament forms hills such as the Dassiekuppe seen on the western side of the road , some 6 km from the turn - off . The road descends into the valley of the Olifants River about 13 km S of the turn - off . This ...
... Major Thrust Major Lineament forms hills such as the Dassiekuppe seen on the western side of the road , some 6 km from the turn - off . The road descends into the valley of the Olifants River about 13 km S of the turn - off . This ...
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