Matoya Group

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Matoya Group (Iizuka, 1929) Yamagiwa and Saka, 1967

Type locality: Matoya, Isobe town, Shima city, Mie prefecture
Accretionary complex
Cretaceous

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Turbidite, Mélange
Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Tuff

Upper limit: Thrust fault (Isuzu Group), Unconformity (Sakishima Formation, Higher Terrace Deposits, Middle I Terrace Deposits, Middle II Terrace Deposits, Lower Terrace Deposits)

Matoya Group
[ Upper ]
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Ijika Complex
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Kuzaki Complex
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Osatsu Complex
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[ Lower ]

Shimanto Belt (Toba, Mie pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Matoya Group = North Shimanto
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[ Lower ]

Shimanto Belt
[ Upper ]
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Northern Shimanto Belt
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Southern Shimanto Belt
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Matoya, Isobe town, Shima city, Mie pref.

Uchino et al. (2017) Geology of the Toba District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 141p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)