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Mugi Mélange

Invalid synonym: Mugi Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Late Cretaceous, Campanian - Maastrichtian (Ammonoides, Radiolarians)
• Late Cretaceous - Paleogene (U-Pb)
• Correlation: Okitsu Mélange

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Shale
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Greenstones, Chert, Tuff

• Thickness: ca. 1,500 m
• Upper limit: Minami-Awa Fault
• Lower limit: Aki Tectonic Line

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

• Distribution: Mizoochi, Mugi city, Kaifu county, Tokushima pref.

• Tsujino et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.12, pp.680-685 DOI
• Yamaguchi et al. (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, Supplement, pp.21-36 DOI
• Kiminami and Toda (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.4, pp.158-167 DOI