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Niozan Slab
- Accretionary complex
- early Miocene
- Intruded by: Dolerite sill, Gabbro
- Correlation: Umegashima Sheet
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Metamorphic facies (Basalt): Greenschist, Prehnite-Pumpellyite
- Lithofacies (Upper): Chert
- Lithofacies (Middle): Limestone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Basalt pillow lava, Volcaniclastic rocks
- Thickness (Chert): ca. 400 m
- Thickness (Limestone): ca. 20 - 80 m
- Thickness (Basalt): ca. 300 m
- Distribution (South-North): ca. 7 km
- Setogawa Group (Mount Niozan, Shizuoka pref.)
- [ Upper ]
- /--/--/--/--/-
- Niozan Slab
- /--/--/--/--/-
- [ Lower ]
- Shimanto Belt
- [ Upper ]
- /--/--/--/--/-
- Northern Shimanto Belt
- /--/--/--/--/-
- Southern Shimanto Belt
- ?--?--?--?--?-
- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Mount Niozan, Aoi ward, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka pref.
- Ozaki and Sugiyama (2018) Geology of the Minobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 169p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
- Sugiyama and Matsuda (2014) Geology of the Nanbu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 134p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)