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Asagara Mass

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): middle Permian (Fusulinids)
• Deposition (Chert): middle Triassic (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Middle - Late Jurassic

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Broken facies
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Slabs): Basalt lava, Tuff breccia, Tuff, Chert
• Exotic blocks (Slabs, Minor): Limestone

• Thickness (Width): 1,500 m
• Thickness (Length): 15 km

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

• Distribution: Nishiotsupara - Kaitsuke - Asagara - Kayukawa river, Gujo city, Gifu pref.
• Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Schubertella kingi, Schubertella cf. melonica
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Triassocampe cf. deweveri

• Wakita (1984) Geology of the Hachiman District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)