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Shuzan Formation
Invalid synonym: Izuriha Complex, Kowaki Complex, a part of Yajiro Complex, Tada Complex, Yamaga Complex, Sekumi Complex, Tano Complex, Shuzan Unit, Hiuchiwan Unit
- Type locality: Kyoto prefecture
- Accretionary complex
- Deposition (Clastic rocks): Early Jurassic
- Correlation: Kasugano Formation
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Mélange facies
- Matrix: Mudstone
- Exotic blocks (Crusts): Greenstones, Chert, Limestone, Sandstone, Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Mudstone, Siliceous mudstone
- Upper limit: Thrust fault
- Lower limit: Thrust fault
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kyoto pref.; Nagai, Oi city, Oi county, Fukui pref.; Cape Kataebana, Okozu, Obama city, Fukui pref.
- Fossils (Radiolarians): Canoptum spp., Natoba spp., Pantanellium browni, Pantanellium cf. browni, Gorgansium sp.
- Sugamori and Kametaka (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.11, pp.617-624 DOI
- Yamakita and Otoh (2000) Structural Geology, vol.44, pp.5-32