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Miyako Gr

Miyako Gr


Period: 
Cretaceous

Age Interval: 
Early Cretaceous (Aptian), (15a)


Province: 
Kurosegawa Belt- Shikoku

Type Locality and Naming

Kurosegawa Belt-central Shikoku

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Comprises mainly storm dominated shallow-marine sequences


Lithology Pattern: 
Shallow-marine marl


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Kuji Gr

Regional extent

Kurosegawa Belt-central Shikoku


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Aptian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
121.40

    Ending stage: 
Turonian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
89.39

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.