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Daifugendake Complex

Synonym?: Kotako Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Middle - Late Triassic (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Mudstone): Middle Jurassic, Callovian - Late Jurassic Oxfordian (Radiolarians)
• Deposition: Early Jurassic, Toarcian - Middle Jurassic, Callovian (U-Pb)
• Correlation: Togano Unit

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper Unit): Mélange facies
• Lithofacies (Lower Unit): Coherent facies (Chert-clastic sequence)
• Matrix (Upper Unit): Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Upper Unit, Crusts): Basalt lava, Hyaloclastite, Chert
• Exotic blocks (Upper Unit, Crusts, Minor): Sandstone, Limestone
• Lithofacies (Lower Unit): Chert, Sandstone

• Upper limit: Thrust fault
• Lower limit: Thrust fault, Shimotakogawa Fault (Wasabidani Complex)

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

• Distribution: Mount Kunimi - Jizogoe, Higashiyoshino city, Yoshino county, Nara pref.; Kawakami city - Kurotaki city, Yoshino county, Nara pref.
• Distribution (Upper Unit): summit of Mount Otenjodake, Nara pref.
• Distribution (Lower Unit): mountain side of Mount Otenjodake, Nara pref.

• Shimura et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.5, pp.349-365 DOI
• Ota et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.5, pp.329-347 DOI