Yamaga Complex

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Yamaga Complex

Type locality: Yuragawa river - Kanbayashigawa river, Yamaga, Ayabe city, Kyoto prefecture
Type locality: Yuragawa river, Nishibara town - Wagi town, Ayabe city, Kyoto prefecture
Accretionary complex
Correlation: Tada Complex, Kowaki Complex, Shuzan Complex, Fujioka Complex, Jonan Complex, Hiuchiwan Unit, Tano Complex, upper Mimata Complex, upper Minoo Complex

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

Distribution (Width): 1 - 2 km
Upper limit: Thrust fault (Fuchigaki Formation, Kuchikanbayashi Formation)
Lower limit: Thrust fault (Kamanowa Complex)

Yamaga Complex
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Tano Unit
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[ Lower ]

Tamba Belt Belt (Ayabe, Kyoto pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Yamaga Complex
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Kamanowa Complex
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Wachi Formation
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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: Yuragawa river - Kanbayashigawa river, Yamaga, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.; Yuragawa river, Nishibara town, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.; Wagi town - Tano town, Ayabe city, Kyoto pref.

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.)