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Uridani Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Paleocene (Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Laminated mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Green rocks

• Thickness: 300 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Lithofacies boundary
• Lower limit: Chikatsuyu Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Wakayama pref.
• Fossils: Radiolarians

• Tokiwa et al. (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.12, pp.625-635, DOI
• Bessho and Nakaya (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.8, pp.423-438 DOI