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Kochi Complex Uchino et al., 2017 ex Tsuduki and Yao, 2006

Invalid synonym: Kochi Group

• Type locality: Hikihatagawa river, Kochi town, Toba city, Mie prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): early Permian (Fusulinids)
• Deposition (Chert): Permian - Middle Triassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Sandstone): Early Jurassic (183.4 Ma, U-Pb)
• Deposition (Mudstone): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Metamorphism: Late Cretaceous (99.4 Ma, K-Ar)
• Accretion: Middle Jurassic

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Metamorphic facies: High P/T
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Exotic blocks (Slabs): Basalt lava, Tuff, Dolerite, Limestone, Chert, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mafic schist, Siliceous schist, Pelitic schist

• Thickness: 1,200 m or thicker
• Distribution (Width): ca. 0.1 - 2.5 km
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Shurei Igneous Rocks)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Hikihatagawa river, Kochi town, Toba city, Mie pref.
• Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Pseudofusulina crassiseptata, Pseudofusulina kraffti, Pseudofusulina krotowi, Pseudofusulina parvula, Pseudofusulina tschernyschewi, Pseudofusulina vulgaris, Pseudofusulina vulgaris var. globosa, Triticites kawanoboriensis, Triticites matsumotoi, Triticites cf. nakatsugawaensis, Triticies satoi, Triticites yayamadakensis
• Fossils (Radilarians): Albaillella sp., Dictyomitrella sp., Parvicingula sp., Pseudostylosphaera sp., Stichocapsa fusiformis, Triassocampe sp.

• Uchino et al. (2017) Geology of the Toba District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 141p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Uchino and Suzuki (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.12, pp.1015-1033 DOI
• Uchino and Suzuki (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.5, pp.207-222, DOI