Kusakabe Clayslate Member

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Kusakabe Clayslate Member

High P/T metamorphic rocks
Metamorphism: early Carboniferous - Late Jurassic

Lithofacies: Phyllitic slate
Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Greenstones, Limestone

Upper limit: Unconformity (Shimoyama Alternation Member)

Aida Formation
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Nankai Clayslate Member
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Kusakabe Clayslate Member
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Sangun Metamorphic Belt (Tsuyama, Okayama pref.)
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Tomata Formation
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Aida Formation
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Distribution: Yoshiigawa river - Nara - Hara - Kusakabe - Lake Shioteike, Tsuyama city, Okayama pref.

Kawai (1957) Tsuyama-Tobu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)