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Kokawa Formation

• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Late Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Main filling of the sedimentary basin
• Lithofacies: Turbidite

• Thickness: 3,900 m or thicker

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

• Distribution: Wakayama pref.

• Miyata et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.37-52 DOI