Nishihama Body

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Nishihama Body

Plutonic rocks
Paleocene
Intruded in: Tamba Belt

Lithofacies: Biotite granite

Distribution (East - West): ca. 1 km
Distribution (South - North): ca. 500 m

Kojaku Granite
[ North ]
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Tsuruga Body
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Kojaku Body
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Nishihama Body
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Kaizuosaki Body
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Chikubushima Body
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[ South ]

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Nishihama, Makino town, Takashima city, Shiga pref.

Nakae et al. (2001) Geology of the Chikubu Shima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)