Kamanashi Unit

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Kamanashi Unit

Invalid synonym: Hanaba Limestone

Accretionary complex
Deposition (Limestone): Late Triassic (Conodonts)
Deposition: Middle - Late Jurassic

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mudstone mélange
Exotic blocks (Crusts): Limestone, Meta-basal rocks (Basalt lava, Volcaniclastic rocks), Chert
Lithofacies: Mudstone

Thickness: ca. 1,500 m
Distribution (Width): ca. 2 km

Southern Chichibu Belt (Takato, Nagano pref.)
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Kamanashi Unit
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Hodokubo Unit
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Higashitani Unit
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Nyukasa Unit
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Chichibu Belt
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Kurosegawa Belt
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Northern Chichibu Belt
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Southern Chichibu Belt
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Distribution: Hanaba - Kamanashi river - Shiratani? creek - Horagasawa creek, Fujimi city, Suwa county, Nagano pref.
Fossils (Limestone): Conodonts (Epigondolella abneptis)

Makimoto et al. (1996) Geology of the Takato District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)