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Shikanoshima Basic Rocks Karakida, 1967

• Type locality: Kurose, Shikanoshima island, Fukuoka prefecture
• Plutonic rocks
• Early Cretaceous (101.0, K-Ar; 106.0 Ma, U-Pb)

• Coarse-grained facies: Clinopyroxene hornblende gabbro, Biotite hornblende quartz monzogabbro
• Medium-grained facies: Biotite hornblende quartz diorite, Quartz monzodiorite

• Diameter: 1 km or smaller

• Distribution: Kurose - Akase - Osaki, Cape Minaminoura, Shikanoshima island, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka pref.

• Yuhara et al. (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.9, pp.505-508, DOI
• Yuhara and Uto (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.10, pp.519-531 DOI