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Kadokurazaki Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: middle - late Eocene (44.8 - 33.9 Ma, Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Turbidite
• Lithofacies (Main): Mudstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tuff

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

• Distribution: Tanegashima island, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Thyrsocyrtis triacantha, Thyrsocyrtis bromia

• Kikukawa et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.5, pp.313-329 DOI