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Kebara Formation

It is considered as a member of Mikobu Unit.

• High P/T metamorphic rocks
• Metamorphism (Pelitic schist): Late Cretaceous (100 - 89 Ma, K-Ar; 103 - 96 Ma, Ar-Ar)

• Metamorphic facies: Chlorite zone
• Lithofacies: Pelitic schist
• Lithofacies (Minor): Basic schist, Siliceous schist

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

• Distribution: Misato, Kimino city, Umikusa county, Wakayama pref.

• Tomiyoshi and Takasu, (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.10, pp.540-543 DOI