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Sasae Complex Kimura et al., 1994
- Type locality: Kyoto prefecture
- Accretionary complex
- Deposition (Siliceous shale): Early Triassic
- Deposition (Chert): Late Triassic - Early Jurassic (Radiolarinas, Conodonts)
- Deposition (Siliceous shale): Late Jurassic (Radiolarians)
- Deposition (Sandstone): Middle - Late Jurassic
- Deposition (Shale): Late Jurassic (Radiolarians)
- Correlation: Tsurugaoka Complex, Mukugawa Complex
- Intruded by: Tonalite
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Mélange facies
- Matrix: Slate, Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Slabs): Chert, Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Slabs, Minor): Greenstones, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Siliceous mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Crust): Greenstone, Siliceous shale, Shale, Interbedded sandstone and shale
- Thickness: ca. 3 km
- Upper limit: Mélange at the bottom of a greenstone slab
- Upper limit: Haiyagawa Thrust (Haiya Complex)
- Lower limit: Thrust fault (Yuragawa Complex)
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Sasae - Kiahta, Hiyoshi town, Nantan city, Kyoto pref.; Keihokuoshio town, Kyoto city, Kyoto pref.; Yamasugawa river - Katsuragawa river - Mount Minakoyama, Sakyo ward, Kyoto city, Tokyo pref.
- Fossils (Radiolarians): Archaeodictyomitra minoensis, Archaeospongoprunum sp., Cinguloturris carpatica, Eucyrtidiellum unumaense, Parahsuum sp., Pseudodictyomitra sp., Stichomitra sp., Stylocapsa spiralis, Tricolocapsa conexa, Tricolocapsa? fusiformis, Tricolocapsa plicarum, Williriedellum sp.
- Fossils (Conodonts): Metapolygnathus abneptis, Neogondolella sp., Neospathodus sp., Paragondolella polygnathiformis
- Kimura et al. (2001) Geology of the Kitakomatsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 102p. (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.)