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Kayo Formation

Invalid synonym: Inogama Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: Eocene
• Correlation: Southern Shimanto Belt

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Turbidite
• Lithofacies (Main): Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mudstone (Shale, Slate), Conglomerate

• Upper limit: Fault
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Arume, Higashi city, Okinawa pref.; Teniya - Kayo - Henoko, Nago city, Okinawa pref.; Cape Kin, Kin city, Okinawa pref.
• Fossils (Foraminifera): Nummulites sp.

• Baba and Uchima (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.3, pp.127-132, DOI
• Miyagi et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.10, pp.665-678 DOI