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Seba Felsic Schist

Invalid synonym: Seba Felsic Schist, Sebadani amphibolite mass

Associates with Sebadani mass, tectonic blocks of plutonic rocks originated from lower crust - upper mantle.

• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Metamorphism: Late Cretaceous (ca. 89 Ma)
• Tectonic blocks of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks originated from accretionary complex

• Metamorphic facies: Eclogite facies
• Lithofacies (Protolith): Basic rocks, Basic clastic rocks

• Distribution: 2.5 x 1.0 km²
• Upper limit: Thrust fault
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Seba, Niihama city, Ehime pref.

• Aoya et al. (2013) Geology of the Niihama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 181p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Sakurai and Takasu (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.3, pp.101-121 DOI