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... road cuts . For almost the entire remaining 51 km to Maltahöhe , the road stays in terrane underlain by these reddish Nama sediments . There are river crossings of tributaries of the Fish River , which follows the road to the W , and ...
... road cuts . For almost the entire remaining 51 km to Maltahöhe , the road stays in terrane underlain by these reddish Nama sediments . There are river crossings of tributaries of the Fish River , which follows the road to the W , and ...
Page 166
... road cuts some 12 km before Maltahöhe . Just outside Maltahöhe , the road ascends the stratigraphy and reach- es the sandstone and shale of the Kabib Member , which unconformably overlies the rocks of the Schwarzrand Subgroup . The route ...
... road cuts some 12 km before Maltahöhe . Just outside Maltahöhe , the road ascends the stratigraphy and reach- es the sandstone and shale of the Kabib Member , which unconformably overlies the rocks of the Schwarzrand Subgroup . The route ...
Page 180
... road cuts . The road then crosses a peneplain , underlain by reddish sandstones of the upper Fish River Subgroup , and flat - topped mountains com- posed of pink shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the ...
... road cuts . The road then crosses a peneplain , underlain by reddish sandstones of the upper Fish River Subgroup , and flat - topped mountains com- posed of pink shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the ...
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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