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... marked change in lithology towards the SW . The range is composed of gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex in the NE , while in the SW these rocks are over- lain by the basal mixtites of the Numees Formation and the felsites of the Rosh ...
... marked change in lithology towards the SW . The range is composed of gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex in the NE , while in the SW these rocks are over- lain by the basal mixtites of the Numees Formation and the felsites of the Rosh ...
Page 250
... marked with accumulations of light coloured sand . To the W of the road Etende- ka Formation volcanics form ridges high enough to partially block the sea view . Some 16 km N of Toscanini , the landscape is dominated by rolling hills of ...
... marked with accumulations of light coloured sand . To the W of the road Etende- ka Formation volcanics form ridges high enough to partially block the sea view . Some 16 km N of Toscanini , the landscape is dominated by rolling hills of ...
Page 256
... marked by a change in vegetation . Meanwhile to the W , Etendeka volcanics are still prominent . About 48 km N of Palmwag , the road descends into a wide valley which contains the major Sesfontein Thrust , along which rocks of the Chuos ...
... marked by a change in vegetation . Meanwhile to the W , Etendeka volcanics are still prominent . About 48 km N of Palmwag , the road descends into a wide valley which contains the major Sesfontein Thrust , along which rocks of the Chuos ...
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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