Terano Metamorphic Rocks

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Terano Metamorphic Rocks Ichikawa et al., 1953

Invalid synonym: Terano Metamorphic Complex

Type locality: Terano, Shirokawa village, Seiyo city, Ehime prefecture
Metamorphic rocks (800 - 850 degree C, 1 GPa)
Devonian (409 Ma, K-Ar)
Granodiorite: Silurian - Devonian (377 Ma, Rb-Sr; 441 - 439 Ma, U-Pb)

Lithofacies: Amphibolite, Garnet-biotite geniss, Mica schist

Width: less than 140 m
Lower limit: Thrust fault (Serpentinite)

Kurosegawa Belt (Wakayama pref.)
[ Young ]
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Sakaigawa Formation
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Terano Metamorphic Rocks
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Mitaki Igneous Rocks
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[ Old ]

Kurosegawa Belt (Shirokawa, Ehime pref.)
[ Young ]
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Younger Ino Metamorphic Complex
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Terano Metamorphic Rocks
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Okanaro Group
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Mitaki Igneous Rocks
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[ Old ]

Chichibu Belt
[ Upper ]
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Kurosegawa Belt
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Northern Chichibu Belt
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Southern Chichibu Belt
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Terano - Yoshinozawa, Shirokawa village, Seiyo city, Ehime pref.; Yokouchi, Kochi city, Kochi pref.; Wakayama pref.

Murata and Takahashi (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.8, pp.585-597 DOI
Yao (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.90-106 DOI
Wakita et al. (2007) Geology of the Ino District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 140p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)