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Yagyu Granite Arita, 1948

• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceus (78 - 68 Ma, K-Ar; 153, 68 Ma, Rb-Sr)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Shigaraki Granite
• Intruded by: Araki Granodiorite, Ao Granite, Biotite hornblende diorite
• Intruded in: Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Joryu Tonalite, Diorite

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite, Biotite granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Hornblende biotite tonalite

• Distribution (East - West): ca. 13 km
• Distribution (South - North): ca. 10 km

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

• Distribution: Yagyu - Dake, Nara city, Nara pref.; Yoshida, Yamazoe city, Yamabe county, Nara pref.; Ueno - Iwakura - Hijiki, Iga city, Mie pref.; Hogashiro - Imayama, Minamiyamashiro town, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.; Ariichi, Kasagi city, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.; Shigaraki town, Koka city, Shiga pref.

• Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Kawakami and Nishioka (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.79-89 DOI
• Ozaki et al. (2000) Geology of the Nara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)