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Northern Complex

• Accretionary complex
• middle Eocene - early Oligocene (Radiolarians, Foraminifera)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone

• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Mikado Unit)
• Lower limit: Ogawa Thrust (Southern Complex)

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

• Distribution: Mount Osuzu, Miyazaki pref.; Tsukigi river, Odaishi, Taragi city, Kuma county, Kumamoto pref.
• Fossils: Shellfishes, Foraminifera, Radiolarians

• Kurihara and Hara (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.2, pp.92-95 DOI