Yagyu Granite

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Yagyu Granite Arita, 1949

Plutonic rocks
Late Cretaceus
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Shigaraki Granite

Lithofacies: Granite

Younger Ryoke Granitoids (Aoyama, Mie pref.)
[ Young ]
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Yagyu Granite
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Ao Granite
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[ Old ]

Ryoke Belt
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Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks
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Younger Ryoke Granitoids
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Older Ryoke Granitoids
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------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Yagyu, Nara city, Nara pref.; Ueno village, Iga city, Mie pref.; Minamiyamashiro town, 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.)