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Kowaki Complex

• Accretionary complex
• Correlation: Yamaga Complex, Mimata Complex, Shuzan Complex, Tada Complex, Hiuchiwan Unit, Fujioka Complex, Jonan Complex

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Slate, Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Slabs): Sandstone, Chert, Greenstones

• Distribution (Width): 1 - 2 km
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Ultra-Tamba Belt)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Yajiro Complex)

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

• Distribution: Kowaki, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.

• Nakae (1992) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.98, no.5, pp.401-413 DOI
• Hirokawa et al. (1958) Obama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 31p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)