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Kumogahata Complex Imoto et al., 1989

• Type locality: Kyoto prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Greenstones): early Carboniferous (339 - 334 Ma, Nd-Sm)
• Deposition (Limestone): late Carboniferous - early Permian (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Chert): early Permian - Early Jurassic (Radiolarians, Conodonts)
• Deposition (Siliceous shale): Early - Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Sandstone): Early - Middle Jurassic
• Deposition (Shale): Early - Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Correlation: Shimonegori Complex, Yajiro Complex, Sanaka Complex, Furuichi Complex, Shinmito Unit, Kamanowa Complex, lower Mimata Complex, lower Minoo Complex, Toshitanigawa Complex

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Mélange facies
• Matrix (Upper): Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Upper, Crusts): Sandstone, Basalt lava, Volcaniclastic rocks
• Lithofacies (Middle): Chert
• Lithofacies (Lower): Basalt lava, Pillow lava, Hyaloclastite, Pillow breccia
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Chert
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Graded bedding, Parallel stratification

• Thickness: ca. 290 - 800 m
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Shuzan Complex)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault (Haiya Complex)

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

• Distribution: Keihokunakae town - Keihokukashiwara town - Keihokuutsu town, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Mount Tendoyama - Mount Iimoriyama, Keihokuono town, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Inaridani valley, Keihoku, Ukyo ward, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Mount Sajikigatake - Nakatsugawa river - Kamigamo - Omori - Kumogahata - Sugisakaguchi, Kita ward, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Yashadani valley - Yonakitoge pass - Ninose town, Sakyo ward, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Tonoda, Hiyoshi, Nantan city, Kyoto pref.
• Fossils (Limestone, Conodonts): Gnathodus bilineatus, Gnathodus commutatus, Gnathodus nodosa
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Cyrtocapsa? kisoensis, Cyrtocapsa masutoidea, Eucyrtidium unumaense, Tricolocapsa fusiformis, Tricolocapsa plicarum, Unuma echinatus

• Kimura et al. (1998) Geology of the Kyoto-Tohokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Kimura et al. (1994) Geology of the Yotsuya District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 52p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Imoto et al. (1989) Geology of the Kyoto-Seihokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 84p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)