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Nagoro Unit Hara et al., 2014

Invalid synonym: Kenzan Group, Kamiyama Group

• Type locality: Nagoro, Miyoshi city, Tokushima prefecture
• Accretionary complex
• Deposition (Limestone): Late Triassic, Norian (Conodonts)
• Deposition (Chert): Early Jurassic (Radiolarians)
• Deposition (Siliceous mudstone): Early Cretaceous (Radiolarians)
• Deposition: Jurassic
• Correlation: Kashiwagi Unit, Omoiji Unit

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Metamorphic facies: Actinolite-Pumpellyite facies
• Lithofacies: Pelitic phyllite, Meta-sandstone, Interbedded meta-sandstone and pelitic phyllite
• Lithofacies (Minor): Meta-basalt, Meta-basalt
• Sedimentary structures: Schistose structure

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

• Distribution: Nagoro - Yotsugoyatanigawa river - Iyagawa river - Hiraodanigawa river - Miune - Kyobashiratoge pass, Miyoshi city, Tokushima pref.; Mount Shiragayama, Kami city, Tokushima pref.
• Fossils (Radiolarians): Bagotum sp., Canoptum? sp., Parahsuum cf. ovale, Parahsuum cf. simplum
• Fossils (Limestone): Ancyrogondolella cf. spatulata

• Hara et al. (2014) Geology of the Kitagawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)