Sawando Complex

Invalid synonym: Sawando Belt

Type locality: Sawando, Azumi, Matsumoto city, Nagano prefecture
Accretionary complex
Accretion: Jurassic
Correlation: Kamiaso Unit

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Coherent facies (Chert-clastic sequence)
Lithofacies: Repeats of the following sequence from lower level: Siliceous clay rocks - Chert - Tuffaceous siltstone - Siliceous mudstone - Mudstone - Interbedded sandstone and mudstone.

Upper limit: Thrust fault
Lower limit: Thrust fault

Mino Belt (Kiso region)
[ Upper ]
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Hirayu Complex = Funabuseyama Formation
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Shirahone Complex = Funabuseyama Formation
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Sawando Complex = Kamiaso Formation
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Shimashima Complex = Kanayama Formation
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Misogawa Complex = Kanayama Formation, Misogawa Formation, Yabuhara Formation
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Kyogatake Complex
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Narai Formation = Misogawa Formation
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Yabuhara Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Mount Chogadake - Mount Kasumizawa, Matsumoto city, Nagano pref.

Harayama (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.10, pp.373-389, DOI
Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32