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Nichinan Group

• Type locality: Nichinan seashore, Miyazaki prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: early Oligocene - early Miocene (Foraminifera)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Matrix: Gravel-bearing siltstone, Mudstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Slabs): Izaki Olistolith
• Sedimentary structures: Slump structure

• Upper limit: Unknown
• Lower limit: Unknown

------ 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

• Ishihara et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.41-62 DOI