Kikitsu Unit

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Kikitsu Unit

High P/T metamorphic rocks
Protolith: Late Cretaceous (ca. 105 Ma, K-Ar)
Metamorphism: Late Cretaceous (ca. 95 - 85 Ma, K-Ar)
Correlation: Minawa Unit

Metamorphic facies: Garnet zone
Metamorphic facies: Albite-Epidote Amphibolite facies, Greenschist facies
Lithofacies: Pelitic schist, Mafic schist

Sanbagawa Metamorphic Rocks (western Shikoku)
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Hijikawa Unit
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Mikabu Unit
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Ozu Unit
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Uchiko Unit
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Kikitsu Unit
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Iyo Unit
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: 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.)