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Yunoo Complex Nakae et al., 2013

Invalid synonym: Yunoo Formation, Imogadaira Formation, Kasugano Formation

• Type locality: Yunoo, Minamiechizen city, Nanjo county, Fukui prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Mafic rocks): Carboniferous
• Deposition (Limestone): Carboniferous - middle Permian, middle - late Traissic
• Deposition (Chert): early Permian - early Jurassic
• Deposition (Siliceous mudstone): Early - Middle Jurassic
• Deposition (Mudstone): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Correlation: upper Tsuruga Formation, Mikunidake Formation, Sakamototoge Unit, Kashimagari Complex, Otaki Unit, Shuzan Formation
• Intruded by: Suizu Granodiorite, Nogohakusan Granodiorite

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies, Broken facies
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Interbedde sandstone and mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts, Minor): Basalt lava, Dolerite, Basalt volcaniclastic rocks, Chert, Limestone, Sandstone

• Thickness: ca. 580 - 3,600 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Higashimata Complex)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Imajo Complex, Sakauchi Complex, Tokuyama Complex)

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

• Distribution: Yunoo - Sabanami - Higashidaido - Okunono - Yaotome - Nakagoya - Kono - Otani - Futatsuya - Yai - Hashidate - Oguradani - Seto - Somakimata - Imogadairagawa river - Hirono, Minamiechizen city, Nanjo county, Fukui pref.; Motohida - Era - Tai - Shinbo, Tsuruga city, Fukui pref.; Asuwagawa river, Kochi, Ikeda city, Imadate county, Fukui pref.; Nukumigawa river, Nukumi, Ono city, Fukui pref.
• Fossils (Fusulinids): Chusenella sp., Fusulinella biconica, Fusulinella cf. colanii, Fusulinella cf. itoi, Fusulinella pseudobock, Fusulinella schwagerinoides, Neoschwagerina cf. akasakaensis, Neoschwagerina craticulifera, Neoschwagerina cf. dovillei, Parafusulina sp., Protriticites aff. matsumotoi, Pseudofusulina cf. japonica, Pseudofusulina cf. kraffti, Pseudofusulina vulgaris, Quasifusulina longissima, Schubertella sp., Schwagerina sp., Staffella sp., Triticites cf. montiparus, Triticites cf. simplex, Triticites yayamadakensis, Yabeina globosa
• Fossils (Conodonts): Gondolella? sp., Neogondollella sp.
• Fossils (Radilarians): Canoptum sp., Parahsuum simplum

• Nakae et al. (2015) Geology of the Kanmuri Yama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Nakae et al. (2013) Geology of the Imajo and Takenami District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 110p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Sano et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.6, pp.321-340 DOI
• Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32