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Kamuikotan Metamorphic Rocks

Synonym: Kamuikotan Belt, Kamuikotan zone

Unit structures need to be revised by further investigation.

• Type locality: Kamuikotan valley, Asahikawa city, Hokkaido
• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Protolith: Sorachi oceanic plateau in Panthalassa Ocean
• Protolith: Accretionary complex
• Deposition: Jurassic
• Accretion: Late Cretaceous

• Lithofacies (Protolith): Basalt, Basaltic tuff, Limestone, Chert, Mudstone, Sandstone

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Yezo Group)

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

• Distribution: Sakhalin - Shizunai, Hokkaido
• Distribution: Teshio-Nakagawa region, Horokanai region, Furano-Mount Ashibetsud region, Hidaka-Urakawa region, Hokkaido
• Distribution: Horokanai pass - Etanbetsu pass, Horokanai city, Uryu county, Hokkaido; Kamuikotan valley, Asahikawa city, Hokkaido

• Takeshita et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.7, pp.491-515 DOI
• Takahashi et al. (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.6, pp.399-411 DOI
• Sakakibara et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.103-118 DOI
• Ueda (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, Supplement, pp.137-152 DOI