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The study or science of the earth, its history, and its life as recorded in the rocks; includes the study of geologic features of an area, such as the geometry of rock formations, weathering and erosion, and sedimentation. (Source: MGH)

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Watson A 1979. Gypsum crusts in deserts. Journal of Arid. Journal of Arid Environments 2 (1) 3-21

Ward JD 1984. A reappraisal of the cenozoic stratigraphy in the Kuiseb valley of the central Namib desert. Proceedings of an International Symposium by the South African Society for Quaternary Research. Late Cainozoic palaeoclimates of the Southern Hemisphere 455-464

Website link:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282788784_A_reappraisal_of_the_Cenozoic_stratigraphy_in_the_Kuiseb_valley_of_the_central_Namib_desert

2002. Rock types.

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Wilkinson MJ 1988. Tertiary events in the Tumas River basin, central Namib Desert: geology and geomorphology of the Naarip plain. 137-164

Hood AvS, Wallace MW, Reed CP, Hoffmann K-H, Freyer FE 2015. Enigmatic carbonates of the Ombombo Subgroup, Otavi Fold Belt, Namibia: A prelude to extreme Cryogenian anoxia?. Sedimentary Geology 324 12-31

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073815000986

Cornell DH, van Schijndel V, Simonsen SL, Frei D 2015. Geochronology of Mesoproterozoic hybrid intrusions in the Konkiep Terrane, Namibia, from passive to active continental margin in the Namaqua-Natal Wilson Cycle. Precambrian Research 265 166-188

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926814004422

Stone AEC, Bateman MD, Thomas DSG 2015. Rapid age assessment in the Namib Sand Sea using a portable luminescence reader. Quaternary Geochronology 30 (B) 134-140

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871101415000151

White K, Bullard J, Livingstone I, Moran L 2015. A morphometric comparison of the Namib and southwest Kalahari dunefields using ASTER GDEM data. Aeolian Research 19 (A) 87-95

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875963715000877

Lim S, Chase BM, Chevalier M, Reimer PJ 2016. 50,000 years of vegetation and climate change in the southern Namib Desert, Pella, South Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 451 197-209

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216001619

Thomas DSG, Durcan JA 2016. Age and significance of Holocene valley fills in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Quaternary International 404 (B) 197-198

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S104061821501294X

Laurent G-C, Edoardo P, Ian SR, Peacock DCP, Roger S, Ragnar P, Hercinda F, Vladimir M 2016. Origin and diagenetic evolution of gypsum and microbialitic carbonates in the Late Sag of the Namibe Basin (SW Angola). Sedimentary Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073816301439

Darroch SAF, Boag TH, Racicot RA, Tweedt S, Mason SJ, Erwin DH, Laflamme M 2016. A mixed Ediacaran-metazoan assemblage from the Zaris Sub-basin, Namibia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology In Press, Accepted Manuscript

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216302383

Scarselli N, McClay K, Elders C 2016. Seismic geomorphology of cretaceous megaslides offshore Namibia (Orange Basin): Insights into segmentation and degradation of gravity-driven linked systems. Marine and Petroleum Geology 75 151-180

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264817216300691

Bial J, Büttner SH, Frei D 2015. Formation and emplacement of two contrasting late-Mesoproterozoic magma types in the central Namaqua Metamorphic Complex (South Africa, Namibia): Evidence from geochemistry and geochronology. Lithos 224-225 272-294

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493715000808

Hofmann M, Linnermann U, Hoffmann K-H, Germs G, Gerdes A, Marko L, Eckelmann K, Gärtner A, Krause R 2015. The four Neoproterozoic glaciations of southern Namibia and their detrital zircon record: The fingerprints of four crustal growth events during two supercontinent cycles. Precambrian Research 259 176-188

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030192681400268X

Owen-Smith TM, Ashwal LD 2015. Evidence for multiple pulses of crystal-bearing magma during emplacement of the Doros layered intrusion, Namibia. Lithos 238 120-139

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002449371500314X

Planert L, Behrmann J, Jokat W, Fromm T, Ryberg T, Weber M, Haberland C 2016. The wide-angle seismic image of a complex rifted margin, offshore North Namibia: Implications for the tectonics of continental breakup. Tectonophysics In Press

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004019511630230X

Wulff K, Steven NM, Hein KAA, Kinnaird JA 2016. The Relationship between the Structural Orientation and the Gold Mineralisation of Quartz-Sulphide Veins in the Navachab Gold Deposit, Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews In Press

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169136815302444

Kitt S, Kisters A, Steven N, Maiden K, Hartmann K 2016. Shear-zone hosted copper mineralisation of the Omitiomire deposit — Structural controls of fluid flow and mineralisation during subduction accretion in the Pan-African Damara Belt of Namibia. Ore Geology Reviews 75 1-15

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169136815300287

Kruger T, Kisters A 2016. Magma accumulation and segregation during regional-scale folding: The Holland's dome granite injection complex, Damara belt, Namibia. Journal of Structural Geology 89 1-18

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019181411630061X

Sracek O, Wanke H, Ndakunda NN, Mihaljevic M, Buzek F 2015. Geochemistry and fluoride levels of geothermal springs in Namibia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 148 96-104

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Salomon E, Koehn D, Passchier C, Chung P, Häger T, Salvona A, Davis J 2016. Deformation and fluid flow in the Huab Basin and Etendeka Plateau, NW Namibia. Journal of Structural Geology 88 46-62

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191814116300608

Kröner A, Rojas-Agramonte Y, Wong J, Wilde SA 2015. Zircon reconnaissance dating of Proterozoic gneisses along the Kunene River of northwestern Namibia. Tectonophysics 662 125-139

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040195115002711

Murray-Wallace CV, Richter J, Vogelsang R 2015. Aminostratigraphy and taphonomy of ostrich eggshell in the sedimentary infill of Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 4 143-151

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X15301115

Persendt FC, Gomez C 2016. Assessment of drainage network extractions in a low-relief area of the Cuvelai Basin (Namibia) from multiple sources: LiDAR, topographic maps, and digital aerial orthophotographs. Geomorphology 260 32-50

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X15300647

Nascimento DB, Ribeiro A, Trouw RAJ, Schmitt RS, Passchier CW 2016. Stratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Damara Sequence in northwest Namibia: Slope to basin sub-marine mass-transport deposits and olistolith fields. Precambrian Research 278 108-125

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926816300183

Owono FM, Ntamak-Nida M-J, Dauteuil O, Guillocheau F, Njom B 2016. Morphology and long-term landscape evolution of the South African plateau in South Namibia. Catena 142 47-65

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816216300571

Schalk KEL 1982. Geologische Geschichte des Gamsberggebietes. JOURNAL XXXVIII - SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Windhoek, SWA, 1982/83 - 1983/84

Website link:http://www.hakos-astrofarm.com/gb_geologie2_d.htm

Modisi MP 2000. Fault system at the southeastern boundary of the Okavango Rift, Botswana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 30 (3) 569-578

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899536200000397

McFarlane MJ, Eckardt FD 2006. Lake deception: A new Makgadikgadi Palaeolake. Botswana Notes and Records 38 195-201

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236000

McFarlane MJ, Eckardt F 2004. The 'transparent' linear dunes of northwest Ngamiland, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 36 136-139

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980367

Gieske A 1996. Modelling of surface outflow from the Okavango Delta. Botswana Notes and Records 28 165-192

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980140

Ritter R, Mann PM 1995. Discovery and exploration of two new caves in the Northwest District. Botswana Notes and Records 27 1-12

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980030

Jones CR 1980. The Geology of the Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records 12 1-14

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980789

Jennings CMH, Sellschop JPF, Verhagen BTh, Jones MT 1973. Environmental isotopes as an aid to investigation of ground water problems in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 5 179-190

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979391

Lancaster IN 1974. Pans of the southern Kalahari. Botswana Notes and Records 6 157-169

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40959216

Cooke HJ 1979. The Origin of the Makgadikgadi Pans. Botswana Notes and Records 11 37-42

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979568

Lancaster N 1981. Paleoenvironmental implications of fixed dune systems in Southern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 33 (4) 327-346

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031018281900250

Grove AT 1969. Landforms and climatic change in the Kalahari and Ngamiland. Geographical Journal 135 191-515

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1796824

Gärtner A, Linnermann U, Hofmann M 2014. The provenance of northern Kalahari Basin sediments and growth history of the southern Congo Craton reconstructed by U–Pb ages of zircons from recent river sands. International Journal of Earth Sciences 103 (2) 579-595

Website link:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00531-013-0974-5

McFarlane MJ, Eckardt FD, Ringrose S, Coetzee SH, Kuhn JR 2005. Degradation of linear dunes in Northwest Ngamiland,Botswana and the implications for luminescence dating of periods of aridity. Quaternary International 135 (1) 83-90

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618204002186

Pirajno F 1994. Mineral resources of anorogenic alkaline complexes in Namibia: A review. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 41 (2) 157-168

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08120099408728123#.VIlidWctBHg

Lord J, Oliver GJH, Soulsby JA 1996. Landsat MSS imagery of a Lower Cretaceous regional dyke swarm, Damaraland, Namibia: a precursor to the splitting of Western Gondwana. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17 (15) 2945-2954

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431169608949120#.VIleMGctBHg

Pickford M, Senut B, Dauphin Y 1995. Biostratigraphy of the Tsondab sandstone (Namibia) based on gigantic avian eggshells. Geobios 28 (1) 85 - 98

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699595802053

Rogers AW 1936. The surface geology of the Kalahari. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 24 (1) 57-80

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00359193609518913#.VHnhnWctBHg

Cairncross B, Bahmann U 2006. Minerals from the Goboboseb Mountains: Brandberg Region, Namibia. Rocks and Minerals 81 (6) 442-457

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Rowntree K 1989. New perspectives on the scenery of southern Africa. South African Geographical Journal 71 (1) 62-63

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1989.9713507#.VHRHoVItBHg

Ashwal LD 2002. Geo-Currents a Look at Recent Geological News: Africa-Earth Science Paradise. Rocks and Minerals 77 (1) 12-16

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00357529.2002.9926650#.VHQ6WlItBHg

Gevers TW 1936. The Morphology of Western Damaraland and the Adjoining Namib Desert of South West Africa. South African Geographical Journal 19 (1) 61-67

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.1936.10559178#.VGNP0FItBHg

Scholtz CH 1975. Seismicity, tectonics and seismic hazard of the Okavango Delta.