Yajiro Complex

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Yajiro Complex

Accretionary complex
Correlation: Shimonegori Complex, Kamanowa Complex, Mimata Complex, Kumogahata Complex, Shinmito Unit, Sanaka Complex, Furuichi Complex

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mélange facies
Matrix: Slate, Mudstone
Exotic blocks (Slabs): Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone, Siliceous shale, Chert, Greenstones

Distribution (Width): 2 - 3 km
Upper limit: Thrust fault (Kowaki Complex, Ultra-Tamba Belt)
Lower limit: Thrust fault (Natasyo Complex)

Tamba Belt (Obama, Fukui pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kowaki Complex
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Yajiro Complex
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Natasyo Complex
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Hisasaka Complex
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Tsurugaoka Complex
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Yuragawa Complex
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Yashiro, 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.)