岡山大学 地球科学研究報告
Published by Okayama University Earth Science Reports Editorial Committee

Prelithification shear structures of mélange unit in Shiofuki-iwa area, the upper Cretaceous Shimanto Belt, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Takesue, Norito Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Suzuki, Shigeyuki Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University Kaken ID publons researchmap
Published Date
2016-12-27
Abstract
Analyzing of sedimentary facies and structure together with regional field mapping were studied in the mélange unit, upper Cretaceous Shimanto Belt, Wakayama Pref., SW Japan. The field survey was concentrated in the coast of Shiofuki-iwa, Miyama Complex, Hidakagawa Belt where soft deformations penetrate throughout the mélange unit. Brittle to ductile faults associated as later deformations are excluded. The mélange unit is subdivided into the Y-shear zone (YSZ) and P-foliation zone (PFZ). The YSZ is composed of thick lenticular sandstone (trends subparallel to the direction of the mélange), intense shear band (thin layer with concentrated prelithification shear deformation) and mudstone dominant mélange. The PFZ is composed of mudstone dominant mélange (associated with foliations which slightly oblique to the direction of the YSZ) and lenticular sandstone (slightly oblique to the direction of the YSZ). The intense shear band separates the YSZ and PFZ. Preserved radiolarian fossils free from deformation in the intense shear band is the evidence of the prelithification shear deformation in the mélange. A remarkable-fact is that the structures of mélange unit are formed under sinistral sense of shear. The mélange unit in the Shiofuki-iwa is ascribed to be formed by sinistral sense of shear during sediments were prelithified.
Keywords
mélange
Shimanto Belt
Y-shear zone
P-foliation zone
intense shear band
prelithification structures
ISSN
1340-7414
NCID
AN10506284
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