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Iwakuni Granite

• Plutonic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (94 Ma, K-Ar)
• Correlation (Same pluton?): Yasakakyo Granite

• Lithofacies: Biotite granite

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

• Distribution: Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi pref.

• Higashimoto et al. (1986) Geology of the Otake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 70p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)