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Funakawa Formation

Funakawa Fm


Period: 
Neogene, Quaternary

Age Interval: 
upper Miocene-Pleistocene


Province: 
Shimanto Belt

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

The metal deposits formed by this volcanism and associated hydrothermal activity are called ‘Kuroko', yielding copper, lead and zinc. Subsequent sedimentation is represented by thick marine siliciclastics; The upper part of 'Kuroko' is dominated by mudstone. Subsequent sedimentation is represented by thick marine siliciclastics. This succession has been regarded as a 'standard succession', based on which a local chronostratigraphy was established (Hujioka 1959).


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

The correlative deposits are distributed along the central mountains or backbone range to the Japan Sea side of mainland Japan extending from Central and West Hokkaido to Chugoku.


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

upper Miocene-Pleistocene

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
11.63

    Ending stage: 
Tortonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
0.25

    Ending date (Ma):  
10.53

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.