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Kinouzu Unit Endo et al., 2018
- Type locality: Kinouzu, Motoyama city, Nagaoka county, Kochi prefecture
- High P/T metamorphic rocks
- Deposition (Limestone): Late Triassic (Conodonts)
- Deposition (Sandstone): Late Cretaceous (99.9 Ma, U-Pb)
- Metamorphism: Late Cretaceous (92 - 88 Ma, Ar-Ar; 93 - 79 Ma, K-Ar)
- Accretion: Late Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma or later)
- Correlation: Kawamata Unit
- Metamorphic facies: Chlorite zone
- Metamorphic facies: Pumpellyite-Actinolite facies
- Lithofacies: Mafic schist, Interbedded siliceous schist and pelitic schist
- Lithofacies (Minor): Calcareous schist
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- Distribution: Kinouzu - Shimotsuno, Motoyama city, Nagaoka county, Kochi pref.; Shireishi - Aikawagawa river, Tosa city, Tosa county, Kochi pref.
- Fossils (Conodonts): Epigondolella abneptis
- Endo and Yokoyama (2019) Geology of the Motoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 100p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)