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Kagero Formation

Kagero Fm


Period: 
Silurian

Age Interval: 
Rhuddanian, (19g (c)


Province: 
Hida Gaien Belt-Ise area

Type Locality and Naming

Hida Gaien Belt-Ise area (c)

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Felsic volcanic rocks and tuffaceous clastic rocks

[Figure 1: Stratigraphic relationship among the rocks of the Hida Gaien Belt (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]


Lithology Pattern: 


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this is the oldest unit

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

Hida Gaien Belt-Ise area (c)


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Rhuddanian-Ludforian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Rhuddanian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
443.07

    Ending stage: 
Ludfordian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
422.73

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.