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Misogawa Complex (Otsuka, 1988) Shudo and Otsuka, 2004

Invalid synonym: Misogawa Belt, Misogawa Formation

• Type locality: Nagano prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Late Triassic (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Pelitic rocks): Middle - Late Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Correlation: Kanayama Formation, Kuzuhara Formation, Furuya Formation, Kunimiyama Unit

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Gravel-bearing shale
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Chert, Siliceous shale, Sandstone
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Load cast, Flute marks, Parallel stratification

• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Shimashima Complex, Sawando Complex)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Misogawa river, Kiso village, Kiso county, Nagano pref.; Nishinogawa river - Kaida - Kosawagawa river - Kisofukushima skii field - Dokanzawa creek, Kiso city, Kiso conty, Nagano pref.; Tsukiyozawa creek, Nagawa, Matsumoto city, Nagano pref.; Hashitozawa creek - Kosobugawa river, Shiojiri city, Nagano pref.; Mino region, Gifu pref.
• Fossils: Plant fragments
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Loopus primitivus, Striatojaponocapsa plicarum
• Fossils (Trace fossils): Helminthoidea isp.

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• Nakano et al. (1995) Geology of the Norikuradake District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 139p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
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