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Motobu Formation

Invalid synonym: Motobu Limestone

• Type locality: Motobu peninsula, Okinawa prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): middle Permian (Fusulinids)

• Lithofacies: Limestone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mudstone, Chert, Conglomerate

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

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

• Distribution: Motobu peninsula, Okinawa pref.
• Fossils (Limestone): Fusulinids, Corals

• Miyagi et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.10, pp.665-678 DOI