"Q"
Quaternary (undivided)
"Qe"
Holocene
"Qp"
Pleistocene
"QT"
Cenozoic
"T"
Tertiary
"Mz"
Mesozoic
"TK"
Tertiary-Cretaceous
"K"
Cretaceous
"Kl"
Lower Creteceous"
"KJ"
Cretaceou-Jurassic
"J"
Jurassic
"Jl"
Lower Jurassic
"JTr"
Jurassic-Triassic
"Tr"
Triassic
"Trl"
Lower Triassic
"MzPz"
Mesozoic-Paleozoic
"KC"
Cretaceous-Carboniferous
"JC"
Jurassic-Carboniferous
"Pz"
Paleozoic
"P"
Permian
"TrP"
Triassic-Permian
"PC"
Permian-Carboniferous
"C"
Carboniferous
"CD"
Carboniferos-Devonian
"D"
Devonian
"Du"
Upper/Middle Devonian
"DS"
Devonian-Silurian
"S"
Silurian
"SO"
Silurian-Ordovician
"OCm"
Ordovician-Camrian
"pCm"
Precambrian
"PzpC"
Paleozoic-Precambrian
"Qv"
Quaternary Igneous
"Ti"
Tertiary Igneous
"Mi"
Mesozoic Igneous
"MiPi"
Mz-Pz Igneous
"Pi"
Paleozoic Igneous
"Kimb"
Kimberlites
"S-d"
Salt Domes
"H2O"
Water (River 0r Lake)
"Sea"
Sea
"oth"S_d"
Areas outside of African Continent
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