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Karasaki Mylonite

• Metamorphic rocks
• Cretaceous

• Lithofacies: Mylonite
• Lithofacies: Amphibolite
• Lithofacies (Protolith): Amphibolite subjected to low-P type amphibolite facies metamorphism

• Thickness: 100 m or thinner
• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Kikitsu Unit)

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

• Distribution: Iyonada seashore, Ozu city, Ehime pref.; Karasaki - Urusumi - Oe, Iyo city, Ehime pref.

• Miyazaki (2024) Geology of the Iyo-Nagahama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 155p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Banno et al. (2010) Geology of the Ozu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 2p.)