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List of geological units in Shiga prefecture

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

Photographs of geological units in Shiga prefecture

Permian-Jurassic
Mino-Tanba belt
Kitasuzuka group
Hikone group
Ojigahata formation
Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
Mino-Tanba belt
Makitagawa group
Ikuritani group
Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Koto rhyolites
Kaiwara welded tuff bed
Same welded tuff bed
Kimigahata welded tuff bed
Hatasho quartz porphyry
Fukatani formation
Yatsuoyama pyroclastic rocks
Inukami granite porphyry
Yuzurio pyroclastic rocks
Azuchi welded tuff bed
Ryusekizan formation
Koshigoe welded tuff bed
Kamewariyama welded tuff bed
Sanyo Belt
Biwako Ring Complex
Suzuka Granite
Tanakami Granite
Yasu Granite
Hira Granite
Ohgi Granodiorite
Hiei Granite
Ryozen Granodiorite
Tanakami granite
Suzuka granite
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Ayugawa group
Marutadani formation?
Uebayashi member?
Jifuku member
Kurokawa formation
Kaminohira member
Ayukawa member
Sosoro member
Higashino member
Akebihara member
Tsuchiyama formation
Karatogawa member (Karatogawakawanishi member)
Sendani member
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
Kobiwako Group
Koka Formation
Ayama Formation
Wada member
Wada bed
Konan member
Kazuraki bed
Iga Formation (Igaaburahi formation)
Sajigawa member
Sunazaka bed
Ueno Formation
Shimagahara formation
Sayama formation
Kosaji member
Sunazaka member
Nojiri member
Kazuraki member
Wada member
Masugi tuff bed
Sagami tuff bed
Sunazaka tuff bed
Hozoin tuff bed
Hozoin-I tuff bed
Hozoin-II tuff bed
Iwamuro tuff bed
Kosaji tuff bed
Kamide tuff bed
Kamide-I tuff bed
Kamide-II tuff bed
Kamide-III tuff bed
Mushono tuff bed
Ono-II tuff bed
Yokigaoka tuff bed
Ikenowaki tuff bed
Kitawaki tuff bed
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Kobiwako Group
Katata Formation
Kusatsu Formation
Gamo Formation
Takashima formation
Zeze formation
Yokaichi formation
Kisen formation
Nijigaoka formation
Kurihara formation
Sakuradani tuff bed
Kamiogi tuff bed
Biotite-I tuff bed
Biotite-II tuff bed
Kurihara-I tuff bed
Kurihara-II tuff bed
Kurihara-III tuff bed
Azuki tuff bed (Kisen tuff bed)
Nijigaoka-I tuff bed
Nijigaoka-II tuff bed
B tuff bed
Age unknown
Sakawa formation
Nunobikiyama formation
Sakawa-I tuff bed
Okushi tuff bed (Murasaki tuff bed, Tokudani tuff bed)
Shigaraki granite
Kannonji granodiorite
Shibukawa formation
Aidani formation
Ohagi formation
Sakuratoge formation
Moroka granite
Shigaraki formation
Mikumo granite
Ryoke granite
Geological structures
Kurotaki fault
Eigenji fault
Kakui fault
Watamukiyama fault
Busshoji thrust fault
Ryozenyaama thrust fault
Yanagase fault
Ibukiyama thrust fault
Upper Ibukiyama thrust fault
Lower Ibukiyama thrust fault
Hanaore fault
Hira fault
Katata fault
Hiei fault
Kizugawa fault
Okukonami fault
Yanagaseyama fault
Shufukuji fault
Tsuruga fault
Daguchi fault
Chihara fault
Makino fault
Sanami fault
Aibano fault
Uedera fault
Seigankotei faults
Mangankotei fault
Shakadake fault
Zeze fault
Shigaraki fault
Odorii fault
Higashisaka fault
Kazuraki fault
Tongu fault
Suzukasakashita fault
Kozuhara fault
Hyakusaiji fault
Tagachohigashi fault
Ryozenzannishi fault
Imasu fault
Oshimizu fault
Sekigahara fault
Daigo fault
Kajiya fault
Ojiyama fault
Shofukuji fault
Saimyoji fault
Kozuhata fault
Togankotei faults
Chuo flexure
Shimoda flexure