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Wachi Complex Kimura et al., 1989
Invalid synonym: Wachi Formation
- Type locality: Kamiwachigawa river, Wachi, Kyotanba city, Funai county, Kyoto prefecture
- Accretionary complex
- Deposition (Greenstones): early Permian
- Deposition (Chert): Middle Jurassic
- Deposition (Siliceous shale): Middle Jurassic
- Deposition (Sandstone): Middle Jurassic
- Deposition (Shale): Middle Jurassic
- Correlation: Funafuseyama Unit, Kochi Complex, Haiya Complex, Natasyo Complex, Mitsuo Complex, Koganegadake Unit, Ashibuchi Complex, lowest Minoo Complex, Karatogoe Complex
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Mélange facies
- Matrix: Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Slabs): Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Shale, Chert, Basalt pillow lava, Lava
- Exotic blocks (Slabs, Minor): Limestone, Siliceous shale, Acidic tuff, Basalt volcaniclastic rocks
- Exotic blocks (Crusts): Basalt lava, Volcaniclastic rocks
- Distribution (Width): 2 - 4 km
- Upper limit: Thrust fault (Kamanowa Complex)
- Lower limit: Mélange at the bottom of a thick chert slab
- Lower limit: Honjo Thrust (Tsurugaoka Complex)
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kamiwachigawa river - Hodosu, Wachi, Kyotanba city, Funai county, Kyoto pref.
- Fossils (Fusulinids): Acervoschwagerina endoi, Pseudofusulina sp.
- Fossils (Radiolarians): Archicapsa pachyderma, Eucyrtidium? sp., Follicucullus scholasticus, Hsuum sp., Parahsuum sp., Praeconocaryomma sp., Pseudoalbaillella globosa
- Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32
- 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.)
- Kimura et al. (1989) Geology of the Ayabe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)