Chizu Formation

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Chizu Formation Uemura et al., 1979

High P/T metamorphic rocks
Metamorphism: early Carboniferous - Late Jurassic

Metamorphic facies: Contact (Granitic rocks)
Lithofacies: Pelitic phyllite
Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Siliceous phyllite

Thickness: ca. 2,500 m
Upper limit: Conformity(Hatto Formation)
Lower limit: Conformity (Ohara Formation)

Sangun Metamorphic Belt (Wakasa, Tottori pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Hatto Formation
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Chizu Formation
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Shitani Formation
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[ Lower ]

Sangun Metamorphic Belt (Ohara, Okayama pref.)
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Hatto Formation
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Chizu Formation
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Ohara Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

Distribution: Chizu city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.; Funaoka, Yazu city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.
Deposit: Bedded Mn deposit

Uemura et al. (1979) Geology of the Wakasa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)