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Yakami body

• Plutonic rocks
• late Eocene - early Oligocene (35.5 - 29.5 Ma)
• Intruded in: Meta-mafic rocks, Hazumiminami Formation, Gotsu Volcanic Rocks

• Lithofacies: Granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Granodiorite porphyry, Granite, Granite porphyry, Quartz diorite

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Tsunozu Group)

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

• Distribution: Yakami, Matsukawa town, Gotsu city, Shimane pref.

• Kano et al. (2001) Geology of the Yunotsu and Gotsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 129p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)