Minokuchi Unit

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Minokuchi Unit (Hisada et al., 2002) Ueki and Sakai, 2007

Invalid synonym: Minokuchi Formation

Type locality: Minokuchi, Oguno, Hinode city, Nishitama county, Tokyo
Accretionary complex
Deposition (Sandstone): Triassic
Accretion: Early Jurassic?
Correlation: Kurosegawa Belt?

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mélange facies
Exotic blocks (Crusts, Slabs): Basalt lava, Volcaniclastic rocks, Limestone, Serpentinite mélange

Upper limit: Unconformity (Sajikami Conglomerate Member, Tomoda Formation, Minokuchi Formation)

Chichibu Belt (eastern Ome, Tokyo)
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Nariki Unit
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Raidenyama Unit
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Minokuchi Unit
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Nitayama Unit
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Nakato Unit
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Chichibu Belt
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Kurosegawa Belt
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Northern Chichibu Belt
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Southern Chichibu Belt
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Distribution: Minokuchi - Tamanouchi, Oguno, Hinode city, Nishitama county, Tokyo; Futamatao, Ome city, Tokyo

Ueki and Sakai (2007) Geology of the Ome District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 189p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)