Chofu Granite

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Chofu Granite

Type locality: Chofu city, Yamaguchi prefecture
Plutonic rocks
Cretaceous (94.0 Ma, K-Ar)
Intruded in: Toyora Group, Toyonishi Group

Lithofacies: Granite

Hiroshima Granites (Tabe, Yamaguchi pref.)
[ Young ]
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Chofu Granite
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[ Old ]

Sanyo Belt (Hiroshima)
[ Young ]
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Hiroshima Granites
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[ Old ]

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

Distribution: Tabe basin, Yamaguchi pref.

Kawamura (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.1, pp.27-44 DOI