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Suo Metamorphic Belt, Suo Metamorphic Rock

• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Metamorphism: Late Triassic - Late Jurassic (230 - 160 Ma)

• Metamorphic facies: Prehnite-Pumpellyite facies, Blueschist facies, Epidote-Amphibolite facies
• Lithofacies: Pelitic schist, Psammitic schist
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mafic rocks, Siliceous schist, Calcareous schist, Serpentinite, Meta-gabbro, Amphibolite

• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Maizuru Belt)

• Distribution: Mount Ohira - Mount Edomari - Muko island - Nishiura, Hofu city, Yamaguchi pref.; Yamaguchi - Yuda - Aio, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.
• Distribution: Asakura city, Fukuoka pref.; east flank of Mount Sangun, Fukuoka pref.; Yamaguchi pref.

• Aiyama and Kanaori (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.7, pp.555-570 DOI
• Fukami and Owada (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.12, pp.1055-1060 DOI
• Imaoka et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.12, pp.782-800 DOI
• Kitano and Ikeda (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.12, pp.801-809 DOI