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Kawai Mylonite

• Mylonite
• Metamorphism: later than Cretaceous
• Transitional; Mizuma Granodiorite, Chichionigawa Tonalite

• Lithofacies: Ultramylonite
• Lithofacies (Protolith): Mizuma Granodiorite, Chichionigawa Tonalite
• Structures: Foliated

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Osaka Group, Terrace deposits)

• Distribution: Kawai town - Uchihata town - Tsudagawa river, Kishiwada city, Osaka pref.

• Itihara et al. (1986) Geology of the Kishiwada District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 148p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)