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Horokanai Unit
Unit structures need to be revised by further investigation.
- Type locality: Hokkaido
- High P/T metamorphic rocks (0.7 - 1.0 GPa, 250 - 300 degree C)
- Protolith: Sorachi oceanic plateau in Panthalassa Ocean
- Protolith: Accretionary complex
- Metamorphism: Early Cretaceous (120 - 135 Ma, K-Ar)
- Metamorphic facies: Blueschist
- Kamuikotan Complex (Horokanai pass - Etanbetsu pass)
- [ Upper ]
- /--/--/--/--/-
- Horokanai Unit
- /--/--/--/--/-
- Biei-Harushinai Unit (Metamorphism: 115 - 100 Ma, K-Ar)
- /--/--/--/--/-
- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Horokanai pass - Etanbetsu pass, Horokanai city, Uryu county, Hokkaido
- Takeshita et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.7, pp.491-515 DOI
- Takahashi et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.6, pp.399-411 DOI
- Sakakibara et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.103-118 DOI