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Page 186
... range to the S displays a 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 ...
... range to the S displays a 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 ...
Page 219
... Range . About 38 km from Otavi , the road cuts through a small outcrop of Berg Aukas Forma- tion limestone and Gauss Formation dolomite . Further N , a succession of anticlines and synclines is crossed . Here the center of a flat ...
... Range . About 38 km from Otavi , the road cuts through a small outcrop of Berg Aukas Forma- tion limestone and Gauss Formation dolomite . Further N , a succession of anticlines and synclines is crossed . Here the center of a flat ...
Page 256
... range in the NE is composed of Otavi Group carbonates , with Mulden Group sediments along their flanks within synclines plunging towards the S. The contact between these two lithologies is well marked by a change in vegetation ...
... range in the NE is composed of Otavi Group carbonates , with Mulden Group sediments along their flanks within synclines plunging towards the S. The contact between these two lithologies is well marked by a change in vegetation ...
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