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Geology of Niigata prefecture
Prefectural Rock: Jadeitite of Itoigawa city
Minerals | Fossils | Hot springs
Geological units reported from Niigata prefecture
A list of stratigraphic units and igneous bodies reported in Niigata prefecture, Koshinetsu region, Honshu island, Japan
Geological settings
Sediments (Quaternary - Neogene)
Accretionary complexes (Jurassic - Late Triassic, Triassic - Permian, Late Permian)
Caldera complexes (Neogene)
Plutonic rocks (Magnetite series)
Plutonic rocks (Ilmenite series)
Low-T metamorphic rocks (Cretaceous)
Guidebooks of geology in Niigata prefecture
Niigata Geology Hiking, Chigaku Dantai Kenkyukai Takada-shibu ed., Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp., 232p. (1978)
Geology guide Nature of Niigata, Chigaku Dantai Kenkyukai Niigata-shibu ed., Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp., 290p. (1989), in Japanese, ISBN4-8862-389-9 C0044
Geological guide series-20 Niigata prefecture Geological Guide volume I Western part of Niigata, Kazutaka Amano ed., Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., 259p. (1990), in Japanese, ISBN4-339-07520-5 C3344
Geological guide series-21 Niigata prefecture Geological Guide volume II Eastern part of Niigata and Sado island, Kazutaka Amano, Kazuo Kawachi, Yukihiko Kamoi ed., Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., 244p. (1995), in Japanese, ISBN4-339-07521-3 C3344
New edition Niigata Gology Hiking, Chigaku Dantai Kenkyukai Niigata-shibu ed., Niigata Nippo Jigyousha Corp., 257p. (1997), in Japanese, ISBN4-88862-665-0