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Neo Mélange

Invalid synonym: Neo Formation, Taniai Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Middle Triassic - Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Matrix): Middle Jurassic - Early Cretaceous (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Middle Jurassic - Early Cretaceous (Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Matrix: Pelitic rocks
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Siliceous micrite, Chert, Siliceous mudstone, Sandstone

• Upper limit: Thrust fault
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Kugo - Negihora, Yamagata city, Gifu pref.

• Sano et al. (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.3, pp.163-178 DOI