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... turn- off to Zebra Pan and Ganab , the Namib surface becomes very flat and is characterised by calcretisation . A lookout - point 7 km from the turn - off provides a nice view of Kuiseb schist hills and the desert plain with trees ...
... turn- off to Zebra Pan and Ganab , the Namib surface becomes very flat and is characterised by calcretisation . A lookout - point 7 km from the turn - off provides a nice view of Kuiseb schist hills and the desert plain with trees ...
Page 250
... turn - off to Koigabmund is passed about 44 km N of Toscanini , where the meta - greywackes mentioned above now form a distinct ridge N of the road . The road then ascends onto an area underlain by the meta - greywackes , where ridges ...
... turn - off to Koigabmund is passed about 44 km N of Toscanini , where the meta - greywackes mentioned above now form a distinct ridge N of the road . The road then ascends onto an area underlain by the meta - greywackes , where ridges ...
Page 255
... turn - off to Twyfelfontein ( see 8.30 ) , Burnt Mountain ( 8.3 ) and the Organ Pipes ( 8.24 ) follows after another 10 km and the road now approaches the main Etendeka lava field , which dominates the view to the W. After the ...
... turn - off to Twyfelfontein ( see 8.30 ) , Burnt Mountain ( 8.3 ) and the Organ Pipes ( 8.24 ) follows after another 10 km and the road now approaches the main Etendeka lava field , which dominates the view to the W. After 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