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Page 102
... shale form the Dassie Nappe , while the Zebra Nappe is composed of quartzite , black lime- stone , conglomerate , shale and dolomite . Shale , conglomerate and dolomite make up the Pavian Nappe , and the Kudu Nappe contains dolomite ...
... shale form the Dassie Nappe , while the Zebra Nappe is composed of quartzite , black lime- stone , conglomerate , shale and dolomite . Shale , conglomerate and dolomite make up the Pavian Nappe , and the Kudu Nappe contains dolomite ...
Page 179
... shale which has a conspicuous white colour when weathered , giving the Forma- tion its name . It contains the lizard - like fossil Mesosaurus ( see 5. ) . This has provided early proof of the continental drift as proposed by Alfred ...
... shale which has a conspicuous white colour when weathered , giving the Forma- tion its name . It contains the lizard - like fossil Mesosaurus ( see 5. ) . This has provided early proof of the continental drift as proposed by Alfred ...
Page 180
... shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the road descends into the red sandstone and shale of the middle Fish River Subgroup . It then follows a peneplain underlain by these rocks , and progresses ...
... shale can be seen on the northern side of the road . After another 12 km the road descends into the red sandstone and shale of the middle Fish River Subgroup . It then follows a peneplain underlain by these rocks , and progresses ...
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