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Minamiyama Complex (Goto, 1986) Yamamoto et al., 2000

Invalid synonym: Minamiyama Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Siliceous shale): Late Triassic - Early Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Shale): Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Accretion: Jurassic - Early Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Shale
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mélange facies, Sandstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts): Sandstone
• Exotic blocks (Crusts, Minor): Chert, Greenstones

• Thickness: ca. 500 m

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

• Distribution: Tatsuno city, Hyogo pref.; Yamasaki town, Shiso city, Hyogo pref.; Yumesaki town - Yasutomi town, Himeji city, Hyogo pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Canoptum sp., Natoba? sp., Parvicingula sp., Stichocapsa sp., Tricolocapsa sp.

• Yamamoto et al. (2002) Geology of the Yamasaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 48p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)