List of geological units in Fukuoka prefecture

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

Photographs of geological units in Fukuoka prefecture

Carboniferous-Permian

Sangun Metamorphic Belt (Chikugo metamorphic rocks)

Renge Belt

Suo Belt: Tagawa Metamorphic Rocks

Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)

Aida formation

Akiyoshi Belt: Aida Formation

Permian-Triassic

Yobuno group

Masubuchi formation

Kagumeyoshi formation

Hirao formation: Akiyoshi limestone; Kawara limestone

Triassic-Jurassic

Sangun Metamorphic Belt: Suo Belt

Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)

Kanmon Group

Shimonoseki Subgroup: Sujigahama Formation; Kitahikoshima Formation; Shiohama Formation

Wakino Subgroup: Upper Wakamiya Formation; Lower Wakamiya Formation; Nyoraida Formation; Sengoku Formation; Kumagaya Formation; Gamo Formation; Takatsuo Formation; Dobaru Formation

Yahata formation

Tamana granodiorite

Tsutsugatake granite

Nothern Kyushu Granites

Northern Kyushu Western Granites

Shikanoshima Granodiorite: Granitic dyke; Main facies; Melanocratic facies

Kawara Granodiorite: Ushikiriyama Granodiorite

Itoshima Granodiorite

Northern Kyushu Eastern Granites

Soeda Granodiorite: Irahara Granodiorite; Ochiai Granodiorite

Shikanoshima Basic Rocks

Shakudake body

Paleogene

Kanzaki formation

Eocene (56.0-39.0 Ma)

Akasaki group: Ginsui formation

Hoshuyama group

Omuta group

Nanaura formation: Miikekami member?

Toka formation: Miikehon member?

Komenoyama formation

Nogata Group: Oyake formation

Fukuoka group

Kawamagari formation

Yamanokami formation

Nokonoshima formation

Eocene-Oligocene

Haji group: Haji formation

Manda group

Yotsuyama formation

Kattachi formation: Dainikami member

Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)

Otsuji group

Sawara group

Ashiya group

Waita formation

Sakamizu formation: Jinobaru member; Futajima member

Yamaga formation: Norimatsu member

Meinohama group: Meinohama formation

Tsuyazaki formation

Neogene

Noko formation

Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)

1st stage volcanic rocks: Yamakuni formation; Taio group

2nd stage volcanic rocks: Maetsue formation

Todoroki porphyrite

Miocene-Pliocene

Doshiyama lava

Fukakura basalt

Daigyoji volcanic rocks

2nd stage volcanic rocks: Kitasakamoto Formation (Yabakei formation); Maetsue formation

Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)

Notoge rhyolite

Kurume formation

Kuroki formation: Upper member; Lower member

Hohi volcanic rocks (3rd stage volcanic rocks)

Dainichigatake volcanic rocks

Hikosan volcanic rocks

Upper Hikosan volcanic rocks: Hikosan lava; Shojigatake lava; Gakumekiyama lava; Kuroiwayama lava; Yoakezan volcanic rocks

Lower Hikosan volcanic rocks: Toyasan lava; Yashii lava; Takanosu lava; Takasumi tuff breccia

Tokamidake volcanic rocks

Shakagatake volcanic rocks

Maji andesites

Harudakawa formation: Bukunoyama lava; Koyagatake lava; Kubota conglomerate member

Circum Japan Sea province of Cenozoic alkaline rocks: Alkaline basalts

Ogauchi conglomerate

Garameki rhyolite

Inugatakekubotesan lava

Pliocene-Pleistocene

Yabakei pyroclastic flow deposit

Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)

Old sand dune deposit: Nata formation

Aso-4 pyroclastic flow deposit (Aso-4): Tosu loam bed; Yame formation (Sugu tuff bed)

Aira-Tn tuff bed (AT)

Ata tuff bed

Wakamatsu formation: Shozugahama formation; Iwaya formation

Chigo formation

Toyotsu formation

Oyama formation

Tsuetate formation

Pleistocene-Holocene

4th stage volcanic rocks

Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)

Ariake Clay Formation

New sand dune deposit: Uminonakamichi Member; Hakozaki formation

Sumiyoshi Member

Kikai-Akahoya tuff bed (K-Ah)

Hakatawan formation

Sora formation

Karinosu black soil

Age unknown

Nakabaru formation

Susaki formation

Yoshida formation

Koyori formation?

Geological structures

Ogura-Tagawa tectonic line

Yamaga fault

Asakawa fault

Arige fault

Futajima fault

Fukuchiyama fault

Kuwano-Daigyoji fault

Mino fault

Ogurahigashi fault

Nishiyama fault

Kego fault

Kokonoe-Beppu graben

Tatsugakura dike