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Page 147
... seen in the now rather wide valley and the name of the farm , " Rooisand " , therefore comes as no surprise . Just after Rooisand , the road passes another major thrust , and the valley is now under- lain by turbidites of the Hakosberg ...
... seen in the now rather wide valley and the name of the farm , " Rooisand " , therefore comes as no surprise . Just after Rooisand , the road passes another major thrust , and the valley is now under- lain by turbidites of the Hakosberg ...
Page 174
... seen soon af- ter the C19 turn - off . After some 11 km , basalt mountains can be seen to the N of the road , and are part of the Kalkrand Basalts surrounding Hardap Dam . Outcrops seen closer to the road , including a small hill 18 km ...
... seen soon af- ter the C19 turn - off . After some 11 km , basalt mountains can be seen to the N of the road , and are part of the Kalkrand Basalts surrounding Hardap Dam . Outcrops seen closer to the road , including a small hill 18 km ...
Page 250
... seen W of the road some 32 km N of Toscanini is composed of migmatised greywackes of the Khomas Subgroup , Swakop Group of the Damara Sequence . These rocks show a typical circular weathering pattern which can also be observed further N ...
... seen W of the road some 32 km N of Toscanini is composed of migmatised greywackes of the Khomas Subgroup , Swakop Group of the Damara Sequence . These rocks show a typical circular weathering pattern which can also be observed further N ...
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