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Geology of Kumamoto prefecture

Prefectural Rock: Welded tuff of Aso caldera

Minerals | Fossils | Hot springs

Geological units reported from Kumamoto prefecture

A list of stratigraphic units and igneous bodies reported in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan

Geological settings

Sediments (Quaternary - Neogene)

Sediments (Paleogene - Mesozoic)

Accretionary complexes (Paleogene, Late Cretaceous, Jurassic - Late Triassic)

Island arc volcanoes

Caldera complexes (Quaternary)

Plutonic rocks (Ilmenite series)

Low-P metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)

Middle-P metamorphic rocks (Triassic)

High-P metamorphic rocks (Triassic)

Serpentine mélange

Guidebooks of geology in Kumamoto prefecture

Sunday Geology-26 Nature of Kumamoto, Kumamotoken Kotogakko Kyoikukenkyukai Chigakubukai ed., Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 235p. (2009), in Japanese, ISBN978-4-8067-1377-7

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