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Page 174
... outcrops of the overlying Kalkrand Basalt , which formed at the end of the Karoo period during Jurassic times , can ... Outcrops seen closer to the road , including a small hill 18 km from the turn - off , are composed of Dwyka sediments ...
... outcrops of the overlying Kalkrand Basalt , which formed at the end of the Karoo period during Jurassic times , can ... Outcrops seen closer to the road , including a small hill 18 km from the turn - off , are composed of Dwyka sediments ...
Page 231
... outcrops near the road are sparse . The road leading into town just after the cross - roads passes through the upper part of the Tsumeb Subgroup and the Tsumeb Valley itself is underlain by sandstones of the Tschudi Formation , which ...
... outcrops near the road are sparse . The road leading into town just after the cross - roads passes through the upper part of the Tsumeb Subgroup and the Tsumeb Valley itself is underlain by sandstones of the Tschudi Formation , which ...
Page 250
... outcrops of meta - greywacke to the E of the road . High , coast - parallel sand dunes can be seen in the N. The turn - off C39 to Springbokwater and Khorixas is passed 53 km N of Toscanini . The area is characterised by numerous , very ...
... outcrops of meta - greywacke to the E of the road . High , coast - parallel sand dunes can be seen in the N. The turn - off C39 to Springbokwater and Khorixas is passed 53 km N of Toscanini . The area is characterised by numerous , very ...
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