Michigatani Formation

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Michigatani Formation Miyamura et al., 1976

Type locality: Oikegawa river, Higashiomi city, Shiga prefecture
Accretionary complex
Jurassic

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Slate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Chert, Tuff

Thickness: ca. 750 - 2,500 m

Hikone Group
[ Upper ]
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Maihara Formation
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Michigatani Formation
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[ Lower ]

Mino Belt (west Suzuka, Shiga pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kitasuzuka Group
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Hikone Group
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Oikegawa river, Higashiomi city, Shiga pref.; Hida - Goso, Taga city, Inukami county, Shiga pref.

Harayama et al. (1989) Geology of the Gozaishoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 145p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
Miyamura et al. (1976) Geology of the Hikonetobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 49p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)