Fig. 7. Axial (west–east) section of the Ombepera detachment (red line), with graphic logs of measured sections of the Ombombo, Abenab, and lower Tsumeb subgroups (section 1–6 locations, Fig. 6 ; section 8 located 57 km due east of section 6). The detachment ramps stratigraphically downward

Fig. 9. Transverse (north–south) sections of the Ombepera detachment (red line) on both limbs of the Otjize syncline (S3 in Fig. 6 ), with graphic logs of measured stratigraphic sections (locations, Fig. 6 ) of the upper Abenab and lower Tsumeb subgroups ( Fig. 4 ). The upper Ombaatjie

Fig. 8. Oblique satellite image (GoogleEarth) looking northwestward at the eastern syncline near the village of Otjize ( Fig. 6 ). The light-dotted line is the Ombepera detachment where it cuts out the lower Maieberg and upper Ombaatjie formations. Measured sections are numbered as in Figs. 7

Fig. 6. Geologic map of a part of the eastern Kaoko belt (location, Fig. 3 ), showing the Ombepera detachment (red line with ticks on the hangingwall) exposed in three synclines (S1–S3). Numbered lines indicate measured stratigraphic sections displayed graphically in Figs. 7 and 9

Fig. 3. Tectonic map of northwest Namibia showing elements of the Congo and Kalahari cratons, and the Kaoko and Damara orogenic belts (adapted from Hoffmann 1987 ). Boxes in the Eastern Kaoko zone (EKz) frame the Ombonde ( Fig. 5 ) and Ombepera ( Fig. 6 ) detachment areas. Dashed magenta line