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Izaki Olistolith

A slabs in Nichinan Group

• Type locality: Izaki, Odotsu, Nichinan city, Miyazaki prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition: early Oligocene - early Miocene (Foraminifera)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Middle - lower part of submarine fan, or subaquaeous channel-levee system
• Depth of water: Deep sea
• Lithofacies (Upper): Slump deposit
• Lithofacies (Middle): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Mudstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and mudstone

• Upper limit: Fault
• Lower limit: Fault

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

• Distribution: Izaki, Odotsu, Nichinan city, Miyazaki pref.
• Fossils: Starfishes, Foraminifera, Nereites facies, Paleodictyon

• Ishihara et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.41-62 DOI