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Yakushima Granite

• Type locality: Yakushima island, Kagoshima prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• middle Miocene (15.7 - 12.2 Ma, K-Ar; 16.2 - 13.5 Ma, U-Pb)
• Intruded in: Shimanto Belt

• Lithofacies: S-type, Ilmenite series

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

• Distribution: Yakushima island, Kagoshima pref.

• Anma et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.101-125 DOI
• Saito et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.6, pp.266-269 DOI