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List of geological units in Wakayama prefecture

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

Photographs of geological units in Wakayama prefecture

Silurian-Devonian
Kurosegawa Belt
Mitaki Igneous Rocks
Sakaigawa Formation
Devonian (419.2-358.9 Ma)
Kurosegawa Belt
Terano Metamorphic Rocks
Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
Northern Chichibu Belt
Unit B-1
Unit A-1
Unit B-2
Unit B-3
Shimizu Formation
Southern Chichibu Belt
Chuki Complex
Obiki Unit
Oshimayama Subunit
Banshoyama Subunit
Tatego Subunit
Shirasaki Limestone Member
Sh3 Bed
Sh2 Bed
Sh1 Bed
Jurassic - Cretaceous
Southern Chichibu Belt
Chuki Complex
Yura Unit
Torinosu Group
Ikenoue Formation
Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Southern Chichibu Belt
Chuki Complex
Kamiya Unit
Sanbagawa Belt
Iimori Unit
Nogami Unit
Misato Unit
Mikabu Unit
Kebara Formation
Shimanto Supergroup
Hidakagawa Group
Hanazono Formation
Yukawa Formation
A Unit
B Unit
C Unit
D Unit
Terasoma Formation
Miyama Formation
Ryujin Formation
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Ra
Rb
Rc
Rl
Rm
Ru
Izumi Group
Northern marginal facies
Mutsuo Formation
Azenotani Mudstone Member
Main facies
Kokawa Formation
Iwade Formation
Shintachi Formation
Kada Formation
Tomogashima Formation
Southern facies
Nate Formation
Monobegawa Grop
Nishihiro Formation
Izeki Formation
Arida Formation
Ryoseki Group
Yuasa Formation
Kitadani Formation
Sotoizumi Group
Goryo Formation
Kanaya Formation
Matsubara Formation
Kamimatsubara Formation
Futakawa Formation
Toyajo Formation
Kumai Formation
Miogawa Formation
Kitagawa Formation
Kunohara Formation
Kobiki Formation
Cretaceous - Paleocene
Sanbagawa Belt
Mikabu Unit
Oishi Formation
Saga Formation
Nutada Formation
Paleogene - Neogene
Shimanto Supergroup
Nyunokawa Formation
N1
N2
N3
N4
N5
Otonashigawa Group
Haroku Formation
Kizetsukyo Conglomerate Member
Uridani Formation
Muro Group
Kogawa Formation
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
Uchikoshi Formation
Yasukawa Formation
Y2
Y1
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Kumano Group
Koguchi Formation
Tanabe Group
Shirahama Formation
S5 Member
S4 Member
S3 Member
S2 Member
S1 Member
Asso Formation
Gochidani Member
Hisogawa Member
Maro Member
Iwayatani Member
Omine Granitic Rocks
Katago-Mukuro Body
Kumano Acidic Rocks
Kumano Granite Porphyry
Kozagawa Arculate Dyke
Shionomisaki Igneous Complex
Hashikuiiwa Dyke
Pliocene-Pleistocene
Shobudani Group
Toge Formation
Kaseda Formation
Kishigawa Formation
Denoto Formation
Maeda Tephra
Biwadani Tephra
Shinike Tephra
Nagayagawa Tephra
Kokawadera Tephra
Nakanosai Tephra
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Osaka Group
Sennan Formation
Middle Terrace Deposits, Kinokawa river
Lower Terrace Deposits, Kinokawa river
Higher Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
Middle Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
Lower Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
Higher Terrace Deposits, Aridagawa river
Lower Terrace Deposits, Aridagawa river
Terrace Deposits, Mikoshigawa river
Terrace Deposits, Hidakagawa river
Age unknown
Tochima Formation
Hatchokoshika Altered Zone