Mano Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Late Visean, (8c)
Province:
South Kitakami Belt-the Hikoroichi-Setamai district
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
In contrast, the Mano Fm in the Soma district is very thin.
[Figure 1: Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of the South Kitakatmi Belt, NE Japan (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy_claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Odaira Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Onimaru Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Shown as Upper Visean, hence placed 70% up in Visean
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Visean
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.7
Beginning date (Ma):
335.26
Ending stage:
Visean
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.9
Ending date (Ma):
331.98
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.