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Miyama Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Early Cretaceous, Barremian - Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian (140.2 - 99.6 Ma)
• Deposition: Late Cretaceous, Turonian - early Campanian (99.6? - 83.5 Ma)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Lower continental slope, Trench
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Sandstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts, Minor): Basalt, Chert, Shale, Tuff

• Lower limit: Shimotahara Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Misoigawa - Takatsuogawa, Hidakagawa city, Hidaka county, Wakayama pref.

• 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
• Hashimoto (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.107-115 DOI
• Tokiwa et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.6, pp.270-273 DOI
• Win et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.4, pp.133-145 DOI