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Kuribayashi Formation

Kuribayashi Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Middle Permian (Wordian), (8b)


Province: 
South Kitakami Belt- Miyamori-Hayachine-Kamaishi district

Type Locality and Naming

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Mudstone with alteration of Conglomerate.

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


Lithology Pattern: 
Claystone


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

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

Regional extent


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Middle Permian (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.