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Kusugawa Mudstone and Sandstone Member

• Accretionary complex
• Protolith: Early Cretaceous (124 Ma, U-Pb)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone

• Upper limit: Conformity
• Lower limit: Thrust fault?

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

• Distribution: Nakama - Kurio - Nishikaikon - Miyanoura - Kusugawa, Yakushima island, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils (Trace fossils): Nereites facies (Zoophycos isp., Cosmoraphe isp.)

• Anma et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.101-125 DOI