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Page 133
... prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains green serpentinite and brown siderite , and this ...
... prominent hill S of the river . At Nonidas , 15 km outside Swakopmund and N of the road , a quarry has been established in dolomitic marbles of the Chuos Formation . The marble contains green serpentinite and brown siderite , and this ...
Page 221
... prominent but also distinctive domes in this area , consists of Damara leucogranite , which intruded the surrounding Damara metasediments . In a road cut , about 37 km after leaving Omaruru , porphyritic Salem granite of Dama- ra - age ...
... prominent but also distinctive domes in this area , consists of Damara leucogranite , which intruded the surrounding Damara metasediments . In a road cut , about 37 km after leaving Omaruru , porphyritic Salem granite of Dama- ra - age ...
Page 235
... prominent ridge to the W of the road . The rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up of Gondwana . The Paresis Complex is made up of alkaline volcanic and sub ...
... prominent ridge to the W of the road . The rocks of these anorogenic com- plexes are of post - Karoo Age , and are part of the magmatism related to the break - up of Gondwana . The Paresis Complex is made up of alkaline volcanic and sub ...
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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