Nankai Clayslate Member

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Nankai Clayslate Member

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

Lithofacies: Slate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Conglomerate, Diabase

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: Ueki, Tsuyama city, Okayama pref.; Kochi - Soi, Shoo city, Katsuta county, Okayama pref.; Shimokayama - Nangai - Obusa - Hirafuku - Haseuchi, Mimasaka city, Okayama pref.; Minaki, Nagi city, Katsuta county, Okayama pref.
Fossils (Limestone): Fusulinids

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.)