The Roadside Geology of Namibia |
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Page 130
... side of the road . The road crosses numerous ephemeral river beds , which flow towards the Swakop River in the S. One of these , the Ozombanda River , is crossed some 34 km from Okahandja , and to the S this river has incised deeply ...
... side of the road . The road crosses numerous ephemeral river beds , which flow towards the Swakop River in the S. One of these , the Ozombanda River , is crossed some 34 km from Okahandja , and to the S this river has incised deeply ...
Page 152
... side of the road . After another 5 km this mountain range is now fairly prominent on the western side of the road , but 4 km on- wards the road passes the lower boundary thrust of the Areb Shear Zone , and softly un- dulating hills ...
... side of the road . After another 5 km this mountain range is now fairly prominent on the western side of the road , but 4 km on- wards the road passes the lower boundary thrust of the Areb Shear Zone , and softly un- dulating hills ...
Page 180
... side of the road . The road then remains in limestone , quartzite and shale of the Schwarzrand Subgroup , until it crosses the Konkiep River at Goageb some 18 km after the Guib River crossing . The table mountains on either side of the ...
... side of the road . The road then remains in limestone , quartzite and shale of the Schwarzrand Subgroup , until it crosses the Konkiep River at Goageb some 18 km after the Guib River crossing . The table mountains on either side of the ...
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