“…In contrast to the numerous studies on the uppermost Permian-lowermost Triassic siliceous claystone (e.g. Algeo et al, 2009Algeo et al, , 2010Ishiga, 1992;Ishiga, Ishida, Dozen, & Musashino, 1996;Isozaki, 1997b;Kuwahara, Nakae, & Yao, 1991;Muto et al, 2018;Sugiyama, 1992;Takahashi, Oba, Kaiho, Yamakita, & Sakata, 2009;Takahashi, Yamakita, Suzuki, Kaiho, & Ehiro, 2009;Yamakita, 1987Yamakita, , 1999Yao & Kuwahara, 1997), few studies have discussed décollement zones in the Permian sequences. Niwa (2006aNiwa ( , 2006b indicated the possibility that mafic volcanic rock in addition to the siliceous claystone constitutes a major or part of a décollement zone based on geological mapping of the Tamba-Mino-Ashio terrane.…”