Fig. 2.

Schematic geological map of the Southern Somali coastal belt: (1) pre-Cambrian crystalline basement; the black areas indicate inselbergs (burs) formed of migmatitic granite and quartzite; (2) Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary sequence; (3) Pliocene Quaternary eolian and eluvial sediment; (4) Quaternary alluvial sediment of Shebeli River and other floodable areas (gravel, sand, loam); (5) Merka red dune complex partially covering the Pliocene reef limestone along the narrow coastal belt; (6) main faults.