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... thrust sheets . The Hakos Mountains are composed of turbiditic quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup . Their spectacular morphology is related to their position within the Southern Zone thrust belt , and the associated intense thrusting that ...
... thrust sheets . The Hakos Mountains are composed of turbiditic quartzite of the Kudis Subgroup . Their spectacular morphology is related to their position within the Southern Zone thrust belt , and the associated intense thrusting that ...
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... thrusts in schist and quartzite of the Hakos Group . The thrust direction is towards the SW and the intense thrusting is a result of the compressive forces which were active during the Damaran Orogeny . The schist and quartzite form the ...
... thrusts in schist and quartzite of the Hakos Group . The thrust direction is towards the SW and the intense thrusting is a result of the compressive forces which were active during the Damaran Orogeny . The schist and quartzite form the ...
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... Thrusting , observed in the western Khowarib Schlucht , is syn- tectonic and much of it has been subsequently folded and overthrust . The thrusting represents crustal shortening from the W , and thrust soles can be identified in the ...
... Thrusting , observed in the western Khowarib Schlucht , is syn- tectonic and much of it has been subsequently folded and overthrust . The thrusting represents crustal shortening from the W , and thrust soles can be identified in 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