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Facies Series<br />

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Miyashiro (1961) initially proposed five facies series,<br />

most of them named for a specific representative “type<br />

locality” The series were:<br />

1. Contact Facies Series (very low-P)<br />

2. Buchan or Abukuma Facies Series (low-P<br />

regional)<br />

3. Barrovian Facies Series (medium-P P regional)<br />

4. Sanbagawa Facies Series (high-P, moderate-T)<br />

5. Franciscan Facies Series (high-P, low T)

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