List of geological units in Hyogo prefecture

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A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Hyogo prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, Japan.

Photographs of geological units in Hyogo prefecture

Carboniferous-Jurassic

Maizuru Belt: North zone

Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)

Maizuru Belt

Central zone: Tatsuno Formation

South zone

Yakuno Ophiolite

Middle sheet: First-stage Yakuno Rocks; Second-stage Yakuno Rocks

Ultra-Tamba Belt

UT-3 Sub-belt: Kozuki Formation; Kunisaki Complex

Kashiwabara Formation

Kamitaki Formation

Shimomidani Formation

Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)

Maizuru Belt

Yakuno Group

Central zone: Hiraki Formation

Miharaiyama group

Triassic-Jurassic

Tanba group

Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)

Maizuru Belt: Shidaka Group

Tamba Belt: Fujioka-Jonan Complex; Sanaka-Furuichi Complex; Mio Complex; Kuroi Complex; Minoo Complex

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)

Arima Group: Akusa Formation

Nunobiki granodiorite

Rokko granite

Izumi Group

Sanbagawa metamorphic rocks

Sennan group (Sennan acidic rocks): Sennan pyroclastic rocks; Sennan Rhyolites

Ibaragi granite

Kenbi granite

Ikuno group

Aioi Group

Sasayama Group: Sawada Formation; Ohyamashimo Formation

Older Ryoke granitoids

Granitic rocks I: Shio Granite; Tsushigawa Granite; Shizuki Tonalite; Ei Granodiorite

Younger Ryoke granitoids

Granitic rocks II: Nojima Granodiorite; Sumoto Granodiorite

Granitic rocks III: Tosanji Granite; Senzan Granite; Kagaribayama Granite; Iwaya Granite

Yatagawa Granites

Paleogene

Tottori Granite

Paleocene (66.0-56.0 Ma)

Yatagawa Group

Miyazu Granites

Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)

Kobe Group: Iwaya formation

Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)

Kabutoyama andesite

Kobe group

Aina formation

Shirakawa formation: Upper member; Lower member

Tainohata formation

Hokutan Group

Muraoka Formation: Myoken Tuff Breccia Member; Yubunegawa Black Shale Member; Shikada Tuff Member

Toyooka Formation

Yoka Formation

Takayanagi Formation

Saruonotaki Intrusive Rocks

Tsukuriyama Laccolith

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Teragi Group: Ui volcanic rocks; Terada Andesite; Haruki Formation; Kayano Formation; Yudani Formation; Utaosa Rhyolite

Hamasaka Volcanic Rocks

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Nishiyagi formation

Osaka group: Higashifutami formation; Byobugaura formation; Taniyagi formation; Hayashizaki formation; Larix formation; Awaji formation

Azuki tuff bed

Kannabe Volcano: Kannabe Lava; Yamanomiya lava

Otsukue scoria bed

Kannabe scoria bed

Aira tuff bed

Kamabuse volcanic rocks?

Akaishi Lava

Genbudo Lava

Oginosen Volcanic Rocks

Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)

Kannabe volcano: Kannabe volcanic rocks

Age unknown

Sangun metamorphic rocks: Tatsuno metamorphic rocks

Shizuki granodiorite

Shioo granite

Funasaka formation

Geological structures

Median tectonic line

Arima-Takatsuki tectonic line

Rokko thrust fault

Suwayama fault

Gosukebashi fault

Ashiya fault

Otsuki fault

Manpukujidani fault

Takatsukayama fault

Komi fault

Yamazaki fault