Kogawa Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Early Carboniferous (Visean), (8b)
Province:
South Kitakami Belt- Miyamori-Hayachine-Kamaishi district
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Limestone with conglomerate at lower part.
[Figure 1: Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of the South Kitakatmi Belt, NE Japan (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Funakubo Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Uchikawame Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Early Carboniferous (Visean)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Visean
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
346.73
Ending stage:
Gzhelian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
298.89
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.