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S6
- Accretionary complex
- middle - late Eocene
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies (Upper): Mudstone
- Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Gravel-bearing mudstone, Conglomerate, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Sandstone
- Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Gravel-bearing mudstone, Conglomerate
- Thickness: 500 - 600 m or thicker
- Shimotsuyu Formation
- [ Upper ]
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- /--/--/--/--/-
- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Mount Kasagiyama - Oguwa - Uzutsuigawa river - Mount Minenoyama, Kozagawa city, Higashimuro county, Wakayama pref.
- Tateishi et al. (1979) Geology of the Esumi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 65p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)