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Kamiyasse Formation

Kamiyasse Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Guadalpian (Wordian), (8e)


Province: 
South Kitakami Belt-Okago region

Type Locality and Naming

Toyoma(Okago); North Kesennuma; South Kesennuma; Utatsu districts

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

consists of calcareous sandstone and mudstone with limestone

[Figure 1: Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of the South Kitakatmi Belt, NE Japan (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Sandy limestone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

Toyoma(Okago); North Kesennuma; South Kesennuma; Utatsu districts


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Guadalpian (Wordian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Wordian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
269.21

    Ending stage: 
Wordian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
264.34

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.