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Misato Unit Makimoto et al., 2004

Invalid synonym: Tomobuchi Unit, Shiga Belt

• Type locality: Wakayama prefecture
• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Late Cretaceous (80 - 72.1 Ma, K-Ar)
• Correlation: Oboke Unit

• Metamorphic facies: Pumpellyite-Actinolite
• Metamorphic facies: Chlorite zone
• Lithofacies: Non-spotted schist
• Lithofacies: Pelitic schist
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mafic schist, Psammitic schist, Quartz schist

• Thickness: 4,000 m or thicker

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

• Distribution: Misato - Takagidani - Miyamadani, Kimino city, Kaiso county, Wakayama pref.; Makunigawa river - Hikotaniguchi - Enmyoji - Hikotani, Kinokawa 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.)