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Chichibu Belt

Ocean side member of Tamba-Mino-Ashio Belt

• Type locality: Chichibu region, Saitama, Kochi prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: Carboniferous - Jurassic
• Accretion: Jurassic

• Sedimentary facies: Marine

• Upper limit:
• Lower limit: Butsuzo Tectonic Line, Mikabo Tectonic Line, (Shimanto Belt, Sanbgawa Belt)

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

• Distribution: Kanto - Akaishi mountains - Kii peninsula, southern Shikoku - southern Kyushu - Okinawa

• Yamashita et al. (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.9, pp.477-493, DOI
• Hisada et al. (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.7, pp.325-342, DOI
• Ueki and Sakai (2007) Geology of the Ome District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 189p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Sakai (1987) Geology of the Itsukaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 75p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kawachi et al. (1983) Geology of the Ichinose District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 70p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Saito (1955) Mikawa-Ono, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 36p. (in Japanese with English abstract 11p.)
• Saito and Isomi (1954) Akihasan, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 34p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)