Karatogoe Complex

Karatogoe Complex Miyachi et al., 2005

Invalid synonym: Karatogoe Sandstone, Saihoji Formation, Saihoji Complex

Type locality: Karatogoe, Kameoka city, Kyoto prefecture
Accretionary complex
Deposition (Chert): Triassic
Deposition (Shale): Middle Jurassic
Correlation: Haiya Complex Wachi Complex, Mitsuo Complex, Koganegadake Unit, Ashibuchi Complex, lowest Minoo Complex

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mélange facies
Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
Matrix: Shale
Exotic blocks (Crusts): Greenstones, Chert, Sandstone
Sedimentary structures (Minor): Graded bedding, Parallel stratification

Thickness: ca. 1,000 m

Tamba Belt (Kyoto pref. - Osaka pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Honzanji Complex
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Izuriha Complex
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Tano Complex
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Toshitanigawa Complex
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Karatogoe Complex
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Ranzan Complex
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[ Lower ]

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Distribution: Karatogoe - Inukaigawa river, Kameoka city, Kyoto pref.; Saihojigawa river - Hozugawa river, Saikyo ward, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.
Fossils (Radiolarians): Dictyomitrella? kamoensis, Transhsuum maxwelli, Tricolocapsa cf. conexa, Tricolocapsa plicarum
Fossils (Conodonts): Epigondolella bidentata, Gondolella spp., Misikella hernstein

Miyachi et al. (2005) Geology of the Kyoto-Seinambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)