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Northern Kyushu Western Granites

Invalid synonym: Northern Kyushu Main Granites

• Type locality: Fukuoka prefecture - Saga prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Early - Late Cretaceous

• Lithofacies: Granite, Granodiorite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tonalite

• Eastern limit: Kokura-Tagawa Tectonic Line

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

• Distribution: Fukuoka pref. - Saga pref.

• Yuhara et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.6, pp.405-420 DOI