Ishiyama Limestone

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Ishiyama Limestone

Accretionary complex
Deposition (Limestone): Middle - Late Permian (Fusulinids)
Jurassic

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mélange facies
Matrix: Mudstone
Exotic blocks (Crusts): Limestone, Chert

Thickness: ca. 100 m

Kuze Unit (Mount Funabuseyama, Gifu pref.)
[ North ]
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Kanbara Mélange
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Totsukumi Mélange
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Kojimayama Olistostrome
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Ishiyama Limestone
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[ South ]

Mino Belt (Mino, Gifu pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Sakamototoge Unit
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Samondake Unit
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Kamiaso Unit
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Funafuseyama Unit
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Nabi Unit
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Kanayama Unit
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Kuze Unit
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[ Lower ]

Mino Belt (Gifu pref. - Shiga pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kashimagari Unit
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Samondake Unit
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Funafuseyama Unit
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Kuze Unit
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Mount Ishiyama, Ono city, Ibi county, Gifu pref.
Fossils: Foraminifera, Calcareous algae
Fossils (Fusulinids): Cancellina nipponica, Neoschwagerina craticulifera, Neoschwagerina margaritae, Pseudofusulina japonica, Schubertell agiraudi, Verbeekina verbeeki, Yabeina katoi

Wakita (1991) Geology of the Tanigumi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
Isomi (1955) Ogaki, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 24p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)