Sorayama Mudstone Formation

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Sorayama Mudstone Formation

Accretionary complex
Accretion: Jurassic
Correlation: Fujigatani Mudstone Formation

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mélange facies
Matrix: Mudstone
Exotic blocks (Crusts): Sandstone, Limestone, Chert

Thickness: ca. 200 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Yoneyama Chert Formation)

Kuga Group (southeastern Iwakuni, Yamaguchi pref.)
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Sorayama Mudstone Formation
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Yoneyama Chert Formation
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Rokuroshi Mudstone Formation
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Odomari Chert Formation
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Zenitsuboyama Formation
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[ Lower ]

Tamba Belt (East Yamaguchi pref.)
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Mikawa Group
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Kuga Group
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Sorayama - Shimohata - Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi pref.; Mount Himurodake, Yanai city, Yamaguchi pref.

Higashimoto et al. (1983) Geology of the Iwakuni District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)