Jiheidani Unit

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Jiheidani Unit Hara et al., 2014

Type locality: Jiheidani valley - Nakagawa river, Naka city, Naka county, Tokushima prefecture
Accretionary complex
Deposition (Mudstone): Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian - Toarcian (Radiolarians)

Lithofacies: Coherent facies
Lithofacies (Minor): Broken facies
Lithofacies: Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone

Kurosegawa Belt (Sakashu, Tokushima pref., Accretionary complex)
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Heikedaira Unit
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Jiheidani Unit
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Kanbadani Unit
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Hisone 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: Jiheidani valley - Nakagawa river - Mononobegawa river - Oriudanigawa river - Hisaidanigawa river - Higashisemitani - Nakatani - Tochidanigawa river, Naka city, Naka county, Tokushima pref.
Fossils (Radiolarians): Canoptum cf. anulatum, Natoba minuta, Parahsuum spp.

Hara et al. (2014) Geology of the Kitagawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)