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... underlain by reddish shale and sandstone of the upper Schwarzrand Subgroup and the descent and following ascent provide good outcrops in road cuts . For almost the entire remaining 51 km to Maltahöhe , the road stays in terrane underlain ...
... underlain by reddish shale and sandstone of the upper Schwarzrand Subgroup and the descent and following ascent provide good outcrops in road cuts . For almost the entire remaining 51 km to Maltahöhe , the road stays in terrane underlain ...
Page 197
... underlain by migmatitic quartz - feldspar - biotite gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex . E of Karasburg , the road descends slightly and once more tra- verses into terrane underlain by sediments of the Dwyka Formation . The plateau seen ...
... underlain by migmatitic quartz - feldspar - biotite gneiss of the Namaqualand Complex . E of Karasburg , the road descends slightly and once more tra- verses into terrane underlain by sediments of the Dwyka Formation . The plateau seen ...
Page 214
... underlain by the Cenozoic sediments of the Kalahari Group . Summerdown , 49 km from Steinhausen , is located on the ... terrane underlain by schist of the Kuiseb Formation with basically no outcrop . It then crosses the Okahandja ...
... underlain by the Cenozoic sediments of the Kalahari Group . Summerdown , 49 km from Steinhausen , is located on the ... terrane underlain by schist of the Kuiseb Formation with basically no outcrop . It then crosses the Okahandja ...
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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