Geology

Abstract

The landscapes of Namibia owe much of their distinctive nature to the long and complex geological history. Some of the rocks of Namibia are as much as 2,600 million years old, and the first portion of the chapter gives a chronological picture of the geology of the country. This is followed by an analysis of the importance of Cretaceous Cretaceous tectonic activity associated with the opening of the South Atlantic, and then by a discussion of the significance of dolerite intrusions, of planation surfaces and of current neotectonic activity. All of these geological events have had clear impacts on today’s Namibian landscape.