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Yamatosaka Unit Banno et al., 2010

Invalid synonym: Uwagawa Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Carboniferous, Permian (Fusulinids)
• Deposition (Chert): Permian, Triassic (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Mudstone): Early Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Early - Middle Jurassic

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mudstone
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Chert, Sandstone

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

• Distribution: Yamatosaka - Kawasaki - Koyabugawa river - Otanigawa river - Uwagawa river - Kawachigawa river, Ozu city, Ehime pref.
• Fossils: Fusulinids, Conodonts, Radiolarians

• Banno et al. (2010) Geology of the Ozu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 58p. (in Japanese with English abstract 2p.)