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Kasama Unit
Invalid synonym: Kasama Formation
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Mélange facies
- Lithofacies (Upper): Mudstone-bearing interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Sandstone-bearing interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Upper, Crusts): Chert, Siliceous mudstone, Green rocks, Limestone
- Upper limit: Thrust fault
- Lower limit: Thrust fault
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Ibaraki pref.
- Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32
- Miyazaki et al. (1996) Geology of the Makabe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 103p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)