Doros crater
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Doros crater is a differentiated igneous intrusion
in the Damaraland
region of Namibia
to the northwest of the country's highest peak, Brandberg
. It is regarded as one of the finest and best viewed examples of a differentiated complex in Southern Africa.
The Doros Complex has intruded sediments of the Karoo Sequence, from which it is separated by sharp contract.
Igneous differentiation
In geology, igneous differentiation is an umbrella term for the various processes by which magmas undergo bulk chemical change during the partial melting process, cooling, emplacement or eruption.-Primary melts:...
in the Damaraland
Damaraland
Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of what later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras. It was bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south....
region of Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
to the northwest of the country's highest peak, Brandberg
Brandberg
Brandberg may refer to:*Brandberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Schwaz in Tyrol*the former name of Dâures Constituency in the Erongo region of Namibia*the Brandberg Mountain in Namibia...
. It is regarded as one of the finest and best viewed examples of a differentiated complex in Southern Africa.
The Doros Complex has intruded sediments of the Karoo Sequence, from which it is separated by sharp contract.