Mikado Unit

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Mikado Unit

Accretionary complex

Sedimentary facies: Marine

Upper limit: Unknown
Lower limit: Thrust fault (Hyuga Group)

Shimanto Belt (Kyushu)
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Morotsuka Group = North Shimanto
/--/--/--/--/-
Kitagawa Group = North Shimanto
/--/--/--/--/-
Mikado Unit = South Shimanto
/--/--/--/--/-
Hyuga Group = South Shimanto
/--/--/--/--/-
Nichinan Group = South Shimanto
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

Shimanto Belt
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Northern Shimanto Belt
/--/--/--/--/-
Southern Shimanto Belt
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Hyuga, Miyazaki pref. - Cape Sata, Kagoshima pref.; Izaki, Odotsu, Nichinan city, Miyazaki pref.
Fossils: Foraminifera, Trace fossils

Kurihara and Hara (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.2, pp.92-95 DOI