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... ridge to the E on farm Okawayo . An- other prominent ridge is cut by the road some 21 km from Karibib . Before it descends into the Khan River and mica schist , impure marble and calc - silicate bands of the Karibib Formation are ...
... ridge to the E on farm Okawayo . An- other prominent ridge is cut by the road some 21 km from Karibib . Before it descends into the Khan River and mica schist , impure marble and calc - silicate bands of the Karibib Formation are ...
Page 238
... ridge is reached 75 km from Kamanjab . This NE - trending ridge rises some 60 m above the surrounding area , and consists of several beds of argillite and white quartzite , some dolomite , limestone and calcareous mudstone forming the ...
... ridge is reached 75 km from Kamanjab . This NE - trending ridge rises some 60 m above the surrounding area , and consists of several beds of argillite and white quartzite , some dolomite , limestone and calcareous mudstone forming the ...
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... ridges high enough to partially block the sea view . Some 16 km N of Toscanini , the landscape is dominated by rolling hills of Etendeka Formation basalts on either side of the road . A prominent ridge of Etendeka Formation quartz ...
... ridges high enough to partially block the sea view . Some 16 km N of Toscanini , the landscape is dominated by rolling hills of Etendeka Formation basalts on either side of the road . A prominent ridge of Etendeka Formation quartz ...
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