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Kuze Unit (Wakita et al., 1992) Saito and Sawada, 2000

• Type locality: Higashitsukumi, Ibigawa city, Ibi county, Gifu prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Chert): Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Mudstone): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Siliceous mudstone): Middle Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Jurassic
• Correlation: Tone Complex, Kusanogawa Group, Umetani Formation
• Intruded by: Kaizukiyama Mass

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Mélange facies
• Matrix: Mudstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Basalt lava (Pillow lava), Pyroclastic rocks, Limestone, Chert, Siliceous mudstone, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Tuffaceous mudstone

• Thickness: 4,000 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Thrust fault (Funafuseyama Unit)
• Lower limit: Thrust fault

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

• Distribution: Higashitsukumi - Hisaka, Ibigawa city, Ibi county, Gifu pref.; Kaneihara, Kinomoto town, Nagahama city, Shiga pref.; Nishimatatanigawa river, Azai, Nagahama city, Shiga pref.; Hassogawa river - Sugino, Kinomoto town, Nagahama city, Shiga pref.
• Fossils (Limestone, Bivalves): Shikamaia sp.
• Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Cancellina sp., Pseudofusulina sp.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Acaeniotyle spp., Archaeodictyomitra sp., Archaeospongoprunum spp., Archicapsa pachyderma, Dicthomitrella aff. kamoensis, Eucyrtidiellum unumaense, Hsuum parascalense, Parahsuum cf. transiens, Paronaella kotura, Parvicingula dhimenaensis, Parvicingula cf. schoolhausensis, Protunuma spp., Spongocapsula palmerae, Stichocapsa convexa, Stichocapsa japonica, Stichocapsa plicata plicataTetratrabs izeensis, Transhsuum brevicostatum, Tricolocapsa plicarum, Tricolocapsa tetragona, Tricolocapsa? fusiformis, Trillus elkhornensis, Tripocyclina spp., Wrangellium sp., Zartus sp.

• Sano et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.6, pp.321-340 DOI
• Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32
• Saito and Sawada (2000) Geology of the Yokoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 126p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Wakita (1991) Geology of the Tanigumi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)