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Page 59
... upper sill west , N and NE of Keetmanshoop , and to a minor extent also towards the S. The lower sill forms the hills just N of the Löwen River , where the upper sill has already been eroded completely . The lower sill is also exposed ...
... upper sill west , N and NE of Keetmanshoop , and to a minor extent also towards the S. The lower sill forms the hills just N of the Löwen River , where the upper sill has already been eroded completely . The lower sill is also exposed ...
Page 64
... upper Springbok Member has a maximum thickness of 270 m and thins out rapidly towards the N. Outcrops of the more massive upper Springbok quartz latites are characterised by large , rounded , boulder - strewn hills , which are in ...
... upper Springbok Member has a maximum thickness of 270 m and thins out rapidly towards the N. Outcrops of the more massive upper Springbok quartz latites are characterised by large , rounded , boulder - strewn hills , which are in ...
Page 179
... upper sheet extends over an area of about 670 km2 and intruded at the level of the Whitehill Formation of the upper Ecca Group . After intrusion , the dolerite sills were fractured , faulted and subsequently intruded by dolerite dykes ...
... upper sheet extends over an area of about 670 km2 and intruded at the level of the Whitehill Formation of the upper Ecca Group . After intrusion , the dolerite sills were fractured , faulted and subsequently intruded by dolerite dykes ...
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