Waita Granite

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Waita Granite

Type locality: Waita seashore, Oshima island, Niihama city, Ehime prefecture
Plutonic rocks
Cretaceous
Intruded by: Mafic rock dikes
Intruded in: Habu Granodiorite, Oshima Tonalite

Lithofacies: Biotite granite

Older Ryoke Granitoids (Niihama, Ehime pref.)
[ Young ]
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Waita Granite
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Oshima Tonalite
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Habu Granodiorite
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[ Old ]

Ryoke Belt
[ Young ]
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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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[ Old ]

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

Distribution: Waita seashore, Oshima island, Niihama city, Ehime pref.

Aoya et al. (2013) Geology of the Niihama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 181p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)