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Kaizu Greenstone Body

• Type locality: Kaizu, Makino town, Takashima city, Shiga prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• early Permian

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Basalt lava, Pillow lava, Dolerite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Basalt volcaniclastic rocks

• Thickness: 300 - 400 m or thicker
• Distribution (Width): ca. 2 km
• Distribution (Length): ca. 5 km
• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Arihara Complex)

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

• Distribution: Kaizu - Mount Higashiyama, Makino town, Takashima city, Shiga pref.; Oura - Sugaura, Nishiazai town, Nagahama city, Shiga pref.; Akao, Kinomoto town, Nagahama city, Shiga pref.; Mimikawa river, Mihama city, Mikata county, Fukui pref.;

• Nakae et al. (2001) Geology of the Chikubu Shima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)