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East Unit
- Accretionary complex
- Accretion: Permian
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Coherent facies (Chert-clastic sequence)
- Lithofacies (Upper): Sandstone
- Lithofacies (Middle): Mudstone
- Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded felsic tuff and mudstone
- Sedimentary structures (Sandstone): Graded bedding, Cross stratification, Parallel stratification
- Thickness: 600 m or thicker
- Upper limit: Thrust fault
- Lower limit: Thrust fault
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Itoigawa city, Niigata pref.
- Fossils: Radiolarians
- Nagamori et al. (2010) Geology of the Kotaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
- Takeuchi et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, Supplement, pp.123-142 DOI