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Kanenari Metamorphic Rocks

• Contact metamorphic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (71.1 Ma, U-Pb)

• Metamorphic facies: Contact
• Lithofacies: Biotite hornfels
• Lithofacies (Protolith): Sandstone, Mudstone

• Distribution: Kanenari, Daito town, Unnan city, Shimane pref.

• Kano et al. (2025) Geology of the Yonago District (2nd Ed.), Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 84p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Matsuura et al. (2005) Geology of the Kisuki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)