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Daijima Formation

Daijima Fm


Period: 
Neogene

Age Interval: 
Miocene


Province: 
Shimanto Belt

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

The pre-rifting deposits include non-marine sandstones/conglomerates and volcanic/volcaniclastic rocks


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandstone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Monzen Fm

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Yaeyama Gr

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 


Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.5

    Beginning date (Ma): 
9.44

    Ending stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
7.25

Depositional setting


Depositional pattern:  


Additional Information


Compiler:  

Moreno, T., WALLIS, S., Kojima, T. & Gibbons, W. (Eds) 2016. The Geology of Japan. Geological Society. London. 1-24.