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... metamorphic . The manganese ores of Otjosondu about 125 km NE of Okahandja , are associated with banded iron formation and have undergone Damaran meta- morphism . The complex mineralogy includes jacobsite , braunite , haus- mannite ...
... metamorphic . The manganese ores of Otjosondu about 125 km NE of Okahandja , are associated with banded iron formation and have undergone Damaran meta- morphism . The complex mineralogy includes jacobsite , braunite , haus- mannite ...
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... metamorphism during the Damaran Orogeny , when the intensely folded rocks were eventually thrust towards the SW . They ... Metamorphic Complex represents one of the most ancient crustal domains in Namibia , and is more than 1800 Ma old ...
... metamorphism during the Damaran Orogeny , when the intensely folded rocks were eventually thrust towards the SW . They ... Metamorphic Complex represents one of the most ancient crustal domains in Namibia , and is more than 1800 Ma old ...
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... metamorphic grade represents the change to a different tectono - metamorphic terrane . The boundary between the two ter- ranes is represented by the Sesfontein Thrust constituting a series of W - dipping low - an- gle thrust planes . To ...
... metamorphic grade represents the change to a different tectono - metamorphic terrane . The boundary between the two ter- ranes is represented by the Sesfontein Thrust constituting a series of W - dipping low - an- gle thrust planes . To ...
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