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Unit III

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Late Carboniferous, early - middle Permian (Fusulinids)
• Deposition (Siliceous clay stone): Early Triassic (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Chert): Early Triassic - Early Jurassic
• Deposition (Siliceous shale): Middle Jurassic
• Deposition (Siliceous tuff): Middle Jurassic
• Deposition (Pelitic rocks): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Pelitic rocks
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Limestone, Chert, Siliceous shale, Siliceous tuff, Siliceous clay stone, Basalt

• Upper limit: Thrust fault, Fault (Ebirase Formation)
• Lower limit: Butsuzo Tectonic Line

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

• Distribution: Mane river, Yamaguchi, Yamae city, Kumamoto pref.; Amatsuki, Ashikita city, Kumamoto pref.; Shizo, Kuma city, Kumamoto pref.
• Fossils: Radiolarians, Conodonts
• Fossils (Fusulinids): Fusulinella sp. ex. gr. bocki, Staffella spp., Parafusulina gigantojaponica, Schwagerina japonica, Pseudodoliolina ozawai

• Onoue and Nishizono (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.1-17 DOI