What types of rock form the platform beneath much of the Namib Desert?
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NamibSand dunes and vegetation at Sossusvlei in the Namib desert, Namibia.
The Namib Desert is characterized by a relatively smooth platform of truncated bedrock that varies in both type and age. This platform is primarily composed of mica-schist and other metamorphic rocks, as well as granite and similar intrusive rocks.1
