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Pirashuke Unit

• Type locality: West flank of Hidaka mountains, Hokkaido
• High P/T metamorphic rocks (0.7 - 0.8 GPa, 300 degree C)
• Protolith: Sorachi oceanic plateau in Panthalassa Ocean
• Protolith: Accretionary complex
• Deposition: Early Cretaceous

• Metamorphic facies: Blueschist
• Lithofacies: repeated Greenstones and Mélange facies

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• Distribution: West flank of Hidaka mountains, Hokkaido

• Sakakibara et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.103-118 DOI