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List of geological units in Shimane prefecture
A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Shimane prefecture, Chugoku region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of geological units in Shimane prefecture
- Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
- Nishiki Group
- Triassic-Cretaceous
- Oki Metamorphic Rocks
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
- Tamba Belt
- Kanoashi Complex
- Higuchi Group
- Higuchidani Formation
- Orojidani Formation
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
- Kanmon Group
- Sanin Belt
- Mochigase stage volcanic rocks
- Yakumo volcanic rocks
- Ochi Group
- Hikimi Group
- Mochigase intrusive rocks
- Paleocene-Eocene
- Sanin Belt
- Older Inbi stage intrusive rocks
- Asagaridani Granodiorite
- Hobutsusan Granite
- Kamiiwami Granite
- Uchiidani Granophyre
- Younger Inbi intrusive rocks
- Daito Granodiorite
- Ijimi Granite
- Shimokuno Granite
- Neu Granite
- Abire Granodiorite
- Abire intrusion
- Yokota intrusion
- Ryukoma intrusion
- Otsukamiya Granite
- Fube Granite
- Ushirodani Granite
- Akana Granodiorite
- Onbara Granite
- Hiyodori Granite
- Inbi stage volcanic rocks
- Daito volcanic rocks
- Kamishima volcanic rocks
- Gotsu volcanic rocks
- Eocene (56.0-33.9 Ma)
- Sanin Belt
- Tamagawa stage volcanic rocks
- Sakurae Formation
- Dogo-Minamidani Granite
- Eocene-Oligocene
- Sanin Belt
- Tamagawa stage volcanic rocks
- Kawamoto Granodiorite
- Kawamoto body
- Mihara body
- Kotani Formation
- Kokubu Volcanic Rocks
- Oligocene (39.0-23.03 Ma)
- Sanin Belt
- Tamagawa stage volcanic rocks
- Komatsuji Formation
- Toburodani Formation
- Oligocene-Miocene
- Tokihariyama Formation
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
- Kori Formation
- Kumi Formation
- Tsuma Formation
- Mita Formation
- Otsu Formation
- Ichibu Formation
- Ama Formation
- Oyama Quartz Syenite
- Dozen volcano
- Takuhiyama Pyroclastic Cone
- Somma
- Dike
- Shimazushima Formation
- Koura Formation
- Udeyama Sandstone-dominated sandstone-mudstone Member
- Shichirui Sandstone-dominated sandstone-mudstone Member
- Takaoyama Andesitic volcaniclastics Member
- Ui sandstone-mudstone Member
- Josoji Formation
- Ushikiri Formation
- Furue Formation
- Daito formation
- Masuda Group
- Tanitadani formation
- Togane Formation
- Tatamigaura Sandstone Member
- Kanaso Conglomerate and Sandstone Member
- Anegahama Sandstone Member
- Toganegawa Mudstone Member
- Taisha formation
- Tadaura formation
- Wanibuchi formation
- Bihoku group
- Jinzai Formation
- Matsue Formation
- Takashibiyama Formation
- Fujina Formation
- Hikawa Formation
- Omori Formation
- Kuri Formation
- Kawai Formation
- Hata Formation
- Ijiri caldera
- Yonago caldera
- Sada Formation
- Yoshida Plutonic Complex
- Nodayama Plutonic Complex
- Meoto Tuff
- Miocene-Pliocene
- Omosu Formation
- Upper part
- Shirashima Rhyolite
- Pyroclastic Rock 12
- Yokooyama Trachyte
- Pyroclastic Rock 7
- Pyroclastic Rock 8
- Pyroclastic Rock 9
- Pyroclastic Rock 10
- Pyroclastic Rock 11
- Terayama Shoshonite
- Takugi Trachyandesite
- Middle part
- Kumi Rhyolite
- Dairyo Trachyte
- Kamo Rhyolite
- Atagoyama Trachyte
- Pyroclastic Rock 4
- Pyroclastic Rock 5
- Pyroclastic Rock 6
- Lower part
- Goka Rhyolite
- Mimizaki Trachyte
- Saigo Rhyolite
- Nishida Trachyte
- Tsuma Rhyolite
- Pyroclastic Rock 1
- Pyroclastic Rock 2
- Pyroclastic Rock 3
- Tsuzurao Formation
- Wakurayama Dacite
- Type I lava
- Type II lava
- Type III lava
- Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
- Muko-ga-oka Formation
- Omineyama Basalt
- Daimanjisan Basalt
- Soramineyama Basalt
- Kama Basalt
- Oku-kita Basalt
- Sakiyama-misaki Basalt
- Shirashimazaki Basalt
- Shimoganya Basalt
- Ganya Basalt
- Minamidani Basalt
- Hei Trachyte
- Chichiimisaki Formation
- Uzuka Basalt
- Akiya Scoria Cone
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
- Tsunozu Formation
- M4 formation
- M3 formation
- M2 formation
- M1 formation
- Jelly tuff bed
- Oetakayama volcanoes
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
- Ikeda Basalt
- Amegi Basalt
- Chikaishinishi Basalt
- Saigo Basalt
- Daimanjisanminami Basalt
- Fuseko Basalt
- Misaki Basalt
- Uzuki Basalt
- Okudani Formation
- Daikonjima Basalt
- Eshima Basalt
- Yasugi Formation
- Yumigahama Sandbar
- Ym1 tuff bed
- Ym2 tuff bed
- Nawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposits
- Shigeguri Andesite
- Kokubu Formation
- Hinomisaki Terrace Deposit
- Sashimi Formation
- Noro Basalt
- Kisuki pumice bed (Koshibara pumice bed, Lower Sanbe tuff bed)
- Daisen-Matsue pumice bed (Agenoki pumice bed)
- Fujina formation
- Kimachi formation
- Oba formation
- Upper Daisen tuff bed (DU)
- Kurayoshi (DK, Middle Daisen tuff bed)
- Lower Daisen tuff bed (DL)
- Lowest Daisen tuff bed
- Kandogawa pumice bed (K1)
- New sand dune deposit (Izumo sand dune deposit)
- Myoken formation
- Ikeda formation
- Ikeda tuff bed (I2)
- Ikeda pumice bed
- Koyahara tuff bed
- Old Sanbe volcano
- Ota formation
- Ota tuff bed
- New Sanbe volcano
- Hikageyama lava
- Sambe-Ukinuno Tephra
- Bafun pumice bed
- Iinan tuff bed
- Shigaku tuff bed
- Shigaku pyroclastic flow deposit
- Old sand dune deposit (Izumo sand dune deposit)
- Sotozono formation
- Sakaiminato formation
- Mizoguchi formation
- Yokota plant deposit
- Yura formation
- Higher I Terrace Deposits, Yabigawa river
- Higher II Terrace Deposits, Yabigawa river
- Higher III Terrace Deposits, Yabigawa river
- Middle Terrace Deposits, Saigo
- Middle Terrace Deposits, Funagoshi
- Higher I Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Higher II Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Higher III Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Middle I Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Middle II Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Lower Terrace Deposits, Izumo
- Older Fan Deposits, Izumo
- Holocene (0.01-0 Ma)
- Nakaumi Formation
- New sand dune deposit (Izumo sand dune deposit)
- Hamayama formation
- Taisha Sand Dune
- Hamayama Sand Dune
- Tsunoi tuff bed
- New Sanbe volcano
- Sanbe lava
- Ohirayama tuff bed
- Ohirayama pyroclastic flow deposit
- Chojabara pyroclastic flow deposit
- Age unknown
- Tanoharagawa formation
- Otsukayama scoria bed
- Ogi Quartz Diorite
- Obara Tonalite
- Kamiito Metamorphic Rocks
- Toriyago Metamorphic Rocks
- Geological structures
- Fukuura anticline