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Saga Formation

• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Deposition: Middle - Late Jurassic (Radiolarians)

• Lithofacies: Coherent facies (Chert-clastic sequence)

• Upper limit: Aridagawa Tectonic Line (Wakayama) (Chichibu Belt)

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

• Distribution: Shimomutsukawa, Aridagawa city, Arida county, Wakayama pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Protunuma? sp., Hssum cf. brevicostatum

• Yao (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.90-106 DOI