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List of geological units in Wakayama prefecture
A list of stratigraphic units, igneous bodies, and geological structures reported from Wakayama prefecture, Kinki region, Honshu island, Japan.
Photographs of geological units in Wakayama prefecture
- Silurian-Devonian
 
- Kurosegawa Belt
 
	- Mitaki Igneous Rocks
 
	- Sakaigawa Formation
 
	
 
- Devonian (419.2-358.9 Ma)
 
- Kurosegawa Belt
 
	- Terano Metamorphic Rocks
 
	
 
- Jurassic (201.3-145.0 Ma)
 
- Northern Chichibu Belt
 
	- Unit B-1
 
	- Unit A-1
 
	- Unit B-2
 
	- Unit B-3
 
	- Shimizu Formation
 
	
 
- Southern Chichibu Belt
 
	Chuki Complex
		- Obiki Unit
 
			- Oshimayama Subunit
 
			- Banshoyama Subunit
 
			- Tatego Subunit
 
				- Shirasaki Limestone Member
 
					- Sh3 Bed
 
					- Sh2 Bed
 
					- Sh1 Bed
 
					
 
				
 
			
 
		
 
	
 
- Jurassic - Cretaceous
 
- Southern Chichibu Belt
 
	Chuki Complex
		- Yura Unit
 
		
 
	
 
- Torinosu Group
 
- Ikenoue Formation
 
- Cretaceous (145.0-66.0 Ma)
 
- Southern Chichibu Belt
 
	Chuki Complex
		- Kamiya Unit
 
		
 
	
 
- Sanbagawa Belt
 
	- Iimori Unit
 
	- Nogami Unit
 
	- Misato Unit
 
	- Mikabu Unit
 
		- Kebara Formation
 
		
 
	
 
- Shimanto Supergroup
 
	- Hidakagawa Group
 
		- Hanazono Formation
 
		- Yukawa Formation
 
			- A Unit
 
			- B Unit
 
			- C Unit
 
			- D Unit
 
			
 
		- Terasoma Formation
 
		- Miyama Formation
 
		- Ryujin Formation
 
			- R1
 
			- R2
 
			- R3
 
			- R4
 
			- R5
 
			- Ra
 
			- Rb
 
			- Rc
 
			- Rl
 
			- Rm
 
			- Ru
 
			
 
		
 
	
 
- Izumi Group
 
	- Northern marginal facies
 
		- Mutsuo Formation
 
			- Azenotani Mudstone Member
 
			
 
		
 
	- Main facies
 
		- Kokawa Formation
 
		- Iwade Formation
 
		- Shintachi Formation
 
		- Kada Formation
 
		- Tomogashima Formation
 
		
 
	- Southern facies
 
		- Nate Formation
 
		
 
	
 
- Monobegawa Grop
 
	- Nishihiro Formation
 
	- Izeki Formation
 
	- Arida Formation
 
	
 
- Ryoseki Group
 
	- Yuasa Formation
 
	- Kitadani Formation
 
	
 
- Sotoizumi Group
 
	- Goryo Formation
 
	- Kanaya Formation
 
	- Matsubara Formation
 
	- Kamimatsubara Formation
 
	- Futakawa Formation
 
	- Toyajo Formation
 
	
 
- Kumai Formation
 
- Miogawa Formation
 
- Kitagawa Formation
 
- Kunohara Formation
 
- Kobiki Formation
 
- Cretaceous - Paleocene
 
- Sanbagawa Belt
 
	- Mikabu Unit
 
		- Oishi Formation
 
		- Saga Formation
 
		- Nutada Formation
 
		
 
	
 
- Paleogene - Neogene
 
- Shimanto Supergroup
 
	- Nyunokawa Formation
 
		- N1
 
		- N2
 
		- N3
 
		- N4
 
		- N5
 
		
 
	- Otonashigawa Group
 
		- Haroku Formation
 
			- Kizetsukyo Conglomerate Member
 
			
 
		- Uridani Formation
 
		
 
	- Muro Group
 
		- Kogawa Formation
 
			- K1
 
			- K2
 
			- K3
 
			- K4
 
			- K5
 
			
 
		- Uchikoshi Formation
 
		- Yasukawa Formation
 
			- Y1
 
			- Y2
 
			
 
		- Shimotsuyu Formation
 
			- S1
 
			- S2
 
			- S3
 
			- S4
 
			- S5
 
			- S6
 
			
 
		- Mitogawa Formation
 
			- M1
 
			- M2
 
			- M3
 
			
 
		- Wabuka Formation
 
			- W1
 
			- W2
 
		
 
	
 
- Miocene (23.03-5.33 Ma)
 
- Kumano Group
 
	- Koguchi Formation
 
		- Shikiya Mudstone
 
		- Shimosato Sandstone and Mudstone
 
		
 
	
 
- Tanabe Group
 
	- Shirahama Formation
 
		- S5 Member
 
		- S4 Member
 
		- S3 Member
 
		- S2 Member
 
		- S1 Member
 
		
 
	- Asso Formation
 
		- Gochidani Member
 
		- Hisogawa Member
 
		- Maro Member
 
		- Iwayatani Member
 
		
 
	
 
- Omine Granitic Rocks
 
	- Katago-Mukuro Body
 
	
 
- Kumano Acidic Rocks
 
	- Kumano Granite Porphyry
 
		- Kozagawa Arculate Dike
 
		
 
	
 
- Shionomisaki Igneous Complex
 
- Hashikuiiwa Dyke
 
- Pliocene-Pleistocene
 
- Shobudani Group
 
	- Toge Formation
 
	- Kaseda Formation
 
	- Kishigawa Formation
 
	- Denoto Formation
 
	
 
- Maeda Tephra
 
- Biwadani Tephra
 
- Shinike Tephra
 
- Nagayagawa Tephra
 
- Kokawadera Tephra
 
- Nakanosai Tephra
 
- Pleistocene (2.58- 0.01Ma)
 
- Osaka Group
 
	- Sennan Formation
 
	
 
- Middle Terrace Deposits, Kinokawa river
 
- Lower Terrace Deposits, Kinokawa river
 
- Higher Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
 
- Middle Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
 
- Lower Terrace Deposits, Kishigawa river
 
- Higher Terrace Deposits, Aridagawa river
 
- Lower Terrace Deposits, Aridagawa river
 
- Terrace Deposits, Mikoshigawa river
 
- Terrace Deposits, Hidakagawa river
 
- Age unknown
 
- Tochima Formation
 
- Hatchokoshika Altered Zone