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Geology of Aichi prefecture

Prefectural Rock: Pitchstone of Mount Horaiji

Minerals | Fossils | Hot springs

Geological units reported from Aichi prefecture

A list of stratigraphic units and igneous bodies reported in Aichi prefecture, Tokai region, Honshu island, Japan

Geological settings

Sediments (Quaternary - Neogene)

Accretionary complexes (Jurassic - Late Triassic)

Caldera complexes (Neogene)

Plutonic rocks (Ilmenite series)

Low-P metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)

High-P metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)

Guidebooks of geology in Aichi prefecture

Geological guide of Tokai Nature Trail from Mount Horaiji to Asagiri Highland, Shizuoka-ken Chigaku-kai ed., Kurofune Printing, 207p. (1976), in japanese

Geological guide series-5 Aichi prefecture Geological Guide, Shiro Shoji ed., Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., 256p. (1978), in Japanese, 3044-505451-2353

Omoshiro Chigaku series-1 Omoshiro Chigaku Hiking Tokai version, Yoshio Ikeda ed., Fubaisha, Inc., 338p. (1986), in Japanese, 0044-0919-7302

Omoshiro Chigaku series-2 Nature Watching Drive Chubu version, Yoshio Ikeda ed., Fubaisha, Inc., 285p. (1987), in Japanese, 0044-0925-7302

Omoshiro Chigaku series-2 Fossil Collecting Tokai version, Yoshio Ikeda ed., Fubaisha, Inc., 214p. (1988), in Japanese, 0044-0930-7302

Sunday Geology-24 Nature of Tokai, Tokai Fossil Kenkyukai ed., Tsukiji Shokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 219p., (1997), in Japanese, ISBN4-8067-1031-8