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... represent a significant portion of the succession , and consti- tute about 20 % of the rock outcrop . They form widespread units between 40 and 300m thick . Dolerite dykes and sills associated with the Etendeka Formation often intrude ...
... represent a significant portion of the succession , and consti- tute about 20 % of the rock outcrop . They form widespread units between 40 and 300m thick . Dolerite dykes and sills associated with the Etendeka Formation often intrude ...
Page 186
... representing a topographic expression of the large fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the ... represent rocks of the Gariep Complex . Three kilometers further on , light coloured felsite of the Rosh Pinah ...
... representing a topographic expression of the large fault mentioned above . The road crosses the fault , and now in the ... represent rocks of the Gariep Complex . Three kilometers further on , light coloured felsite of the Rosh Pinah ...
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... represent a platform facies at the mar- gin of the Congo Craton . Thrusting , observed in the western Khowarib Schlucht , is syn- tectonic and much of it has been subsequently folded and overthrust . The thrusting represents crustal ...
... represent a platform facies at the mar- gin of the Congo Craton . Thrusting , observed in the western Khowarib Schlucht , is syn- tectonic and much of it has been subsequently folded and overthrust . The thrusting represents crustal ...
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