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List of geological units in Saga prefecture

A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Saga prefecture, Kyushu region, Kyushu island, Japan.

Photographs of geological units in Saga prefecture

Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
Kitataku gabbroes
Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Kanzaki granodiorite
Higashimatsuura granite
Ochi granodiorite
Saga granite
Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)
Ochi group
Kiuragi formation
Yoshinotani formation
Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
Kishima group
Kishima formation
Sari formation
Yukiaino formation
Hatatsu formation
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Sasebo group
Ainoura formation
Hizen dolerites
Kitamatsuura basalt
Kishima basalt
Takeo rhyolites
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
Urigasaka formation
Okawachiyama formation
Hachinokubo formation (Koboshiki formation)
Higashimatsuura basalt
Imari andesite
Arita rhyolites
Takezakijima volcano
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Taradake volcano
Shimabarakaiwan formaton
Aso-4 tuff bed
Mitagawa Formation
Nakabaru Formation
Takagise Formation
Kawazoe Formation
Ushiya Formation
Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
Ariake Clay Formation
Hasuike Formation
Age unknown
Sangun metamorphic rocks
Geological structures
Tachiyama fault
Kosamurai fault
Jinnotsuji fault