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Page 54
... overlying Nama and Karoo beds ( Kurzlaukis 1994 ) . This uplift caused radial fissuring of the large up - domed area and allowed carbonatite magma to be emplaced within fissures and dykes . At those localities where the hot magma inter ...
... overlying Nama and Karoo beds ( Kurzlaukis 1994 ) . This uplift caused radial fissuring of the large up - domed area and allowed carbonatite magma to be emplaced within fissures and dykes . At those localities where the hot magma inter ...
Page 176
... overlying the gneisses and amphibolites of the Namaqualand Complex , which accumulated in a sea adjacent to the Kaapvaal Craton , and underwent high - grade metamorphism some 1200 Ma ago . Across the peneplain , the dry riverbeds are ...
... overlying the gneisses and amphibolites of the Namaqualand Complex , which accumulated in a sea adjacent to the Kaapvaal Craton , and underwent high - grade metamorphism some 1200 Ma ago . Across the peneplain , the dry riverbeds are ...
Page 186
... overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by Neoproterozoic mixtites of the Numees Forma- tion of the Gariep Complex . The ...
... overlying Kuibis Subgroup sedi- ments , is once again visible . The Witputzberge in the W are composed of gneisses of the Namaqualand Complex overlain by Neoproterozoic mixtites of the Numees Forma- tion of the Gariep Complex . The ...
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