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Tateishi Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: early - middle Eocene (52.9 - 37.7 Ma, Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Pillow lava

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• Distribution: Tanegashima island, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Theocotyle ficus

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