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List of geological units in Kyoto prefecture

A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Kyoto prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, Japan.

Photographs of geological units in Kyoto prefecture

Paleozoic
Renge Belt
Oeyama Ophiolite
Permian (298.9-252.17 Ma)
Maizuru Belt
South zone
Yakuno Ophiolite
Shimomidani Formation
Ultra-Tamba Belt
Fuchigaki Formation
Tokura Formation
Kuchikanbayashi Formation
Triassic (252.17-201.3 Ma)
Maizuru Belt
Central zone
Nabae Group
Hioki formation
Yakuno Group
Waruishi Formation
Honodani Formation
Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
Tamba Belt
Shuzan Formation
Hirose Formation
Wachi Formation
Kuroi Formation
Furuya Formation
Maizuru Belt
Shidaka Group
Ryoke belt
Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
Yagyu granite
O'hara Tonalite
Hiei Granite
Paleocene (66.0-56.0 Ma)
Miyazu Granites
Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
Tsuzuki group
Yuyadani formation
Tahara member
Shiotani member
Okuyamada formation
Kaya member
Miyamura member
Kawakami member
Hokutan Group
Tango Formation
Norihara Dacite Member
Sodeshi Dacitic Volcanic Rocks Member
Owa Honblende-bearing Andesite Member
Nakahama Two-pyroxene Andesitic Volcanic Rocks Member
Amino Formation
Toyooka Formation
Yoka Formation
Takayanagi Formation
Furudera Tuff
Miocene-Pliocene
Ine Group
Pliocene (5.33-2.58 Ma)
Kyogamisaki Andesite
Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
Takurayama volcano
Kinuzuri lava
Ogura lava
Takurayama lava
Osaka group
Age unknown
Ofuku formation
Geological structures
Gomura fault
Kizugawa fault
Higuchi fault
Nishiyama fault
Hanaore fault
Yamada fault
Shidaka unconformity