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Mugitani Formation Ota et al., 2019

Invalid synonym: Mugitani Complex

• Type locality: Mugitani, Higashiyoshino city, Yoshino county, Nara prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Early Cretaceous, Albian - Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian (U-Pb)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies, Broken facies
• Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Slabs): Chert, Basalt

• Thickness: ca. 5,500 m
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Seto, Kawakami city - Kotsu - Mugitani, Higashiyoshino city, Yoshino county, Nara pref.

• Shimura et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.5, pp.349-365 DOI
• Ota et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.5, pp.329-347 DOI
• Shimura et al. (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.11, pp.925-937 DOI