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Iimori Unit Hirota, 1991

Invalid synonym: Kyoraji Belt

• Type locality: Wakayama prefecture
• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (77 - 72 Ma, K-Ar)
• Correlation: Besshi Eclogite Unit

• Metamorphic facies: Blueschist, Epidote-Amphibolite
• Metamorphic facies: Garnet zone, Biotite zone
• Lithofacies: Spotted greenschist
• Lithofacies (Protolith): Basalt volcaniclastic rocks
• Lithofacies (Protolith, Minor): Pillow breccia
• Lithofacies (Upper): Pelitic schist
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Dunite, Serpentinite, Wehrlite, Clinopyroxenite
• Lithofacies (Middle): Mafic schist
• Lithofacies (Lower): Pelitic schist, Mafic schist
• Lithofacies (Minor): Quartz schist, Psammitic schist

• Thickness: ca. 100 - 350 m

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

• Distribution: Mount Dainichiyama - Cape Saikazaki, Wakayama city, Wakayama pref.; Yomuragawa river - Mount Funaokayama - Hiroura, Katsuragi city, Ito county, Wakayama pref.; Korodanigawa river - Zakurogawa river - Haigamine - Higashimitani, Kinokawa city, Wakayama pref.; Lake Kitaoike, Iwade city, Wakayama pref.; Kamikurodani, Wakayama city, Wakayama pref.

• Tomiyoshi and Takasu, (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.10, pp.540-543 DOI
• Makimoto et al. (2004) Geology of the Kokawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Miyata et al. (1993) Geology of the Wakayama and Ozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Hirayama and Kambe (1959) Koyasan, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 41p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)