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Nedamo Complex Kawamura et al., 1999

• Type locality: Nakatsu river, Tsunatori dam - Zenikake, Morioka city, Iwate prefecture
• Type locality (Sub) Isagozawa, Morioka city, Iwate prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Middle - Late Devonian (Radiolarians, Conodonts)
• Metamorphism: Carboniferous (347 - 317 Ma, Ar-Ar)
• Accretion: early Carboniferous (Radiolarians)
• Correlation: Motai Metamorphic Rocks

• Sedimentary facies (Basalt): Seamount-type alkaline rocks, Seamount-type tholeiite, MORB
• Metamorphic facies (Green rocks): Prehnite-Pumpellyite facies, Pumpellyite-Actinolite facies, Greeschist facies
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Lithofacies: Interbedded mudstone and felsic tuff, Felsic tuff, Basaltic pyroclastics, Basaltic lava, Dolerite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Mudstone, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Conglomerate, Gabbro, Clinopyroxene-amphibolite, Clinopyroxinite, Quartz diorite, Serpentinite

• Distribution: ca. 10 x 40 km²
• Thickness (Apparently): ca. 9,500 m or thicker
• North limit: North Kitakami Belt
• South limit: South Kitakami Belt

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

• Distribution: southeast Morioka city - northern part of Mount Hayachine, Iwate pref.
• Distribution: Nakatsu river, Tsunatori dam - Zenikake, Morioka city, Iwate pref.; Isagozawa, Morioka city, Iwate pref.; Nedamo river - Yana river - Hei river - Isago river - Hisadenai river, Morioka city, Iwate pref.; Kurasawa - Oyama river, Miyako city, Iwate pref.; Oyachi, Ohasama town, Hanamaki city, Iwate pref.
• Fossils: Foraminifera, Radiolarians (Palaeoscenidium cladophorum, Trilonche sp.), Calcareous sponges (Chaetetides?), Conodonts (Palmatolepis glabra prima)
• Fossils (Limestone gravels): Crinoids, Calcareous sponges

• Kawamura et al. (2013) Geology of the Hayachine San District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 101p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Uchino and Kawamura (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.5, pp.242-247 DOI
• Uchino et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.6, pp.314-317 DOI
• Uchino et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.141-157 DOI
• Kawamura et al. (2007) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.113, no.9, pp.492-499 DOI