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Saiki Subgroup

Invalid synonym: Takasakiyama Formation, Kawanabe Group

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Clastic rocks): Cretaceous Coniacian - Santonian (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Coherent facies
• Lithofacies (Main): Sandstone, Conglomerate, Mudstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Basalt, Basaltic pyroclastic rocks, Limestone

• Upper limit: Butsuzo Tectonic Line
• Lower limit: Unknown

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

• Distribution: Mamitsuka, Nishime, Akune city, Kagoshima pref.; Ushinohama seashore, Okawa, Akune city Kagoshima pref., Yaseo, Kawanabe village, Minamikyushu city, Kagoshima pref.
• Fossils: Radiolarians

• Katsumura and Yamamoto (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.1, pp.37-42, DOI
• Saito and Nakagawa (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, no.3, pp.105-114 DOI
• Yamamoto et al. (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.8, pp.468-471 DOI