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Nunobiki Granodiorite

• Type locality: Nunobiki - Karasuhara dam, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (70.8 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Rokko Granite

• Lithofacies: Hornblende biotite granodiorite

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

• Distribution: Nunobiki fall - Karasuhara dam - Mount Yotsugiyama - Mount Ikariyama, Kobe city, Hyogo pref.; Kozagawa river, Ashiya city, Hyogo pref.

• Matsuura et al. (1995) Geology of the Hirone District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 110p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Huzita and Kasama (1983) Geology of the Kobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 115p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Huzita and Kasama (1982) Geology of the Osaka-Seihokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 112p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)