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Mutsuo Formation

• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Cretaceous
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Main facies

• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Conglomerate, Mudstone

• Thickness: 500 m
• Upper limit: Unknown
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sennan Rhyolites, Takijiri Adamellite), Fault (Sennan Rhyolites)

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

• Distribution: Izumi mountains, Osaka pref.

• Seike et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, no.12, pp.759-775 DOI
• Miyata et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.37-52 DOI