Mizuyagadani Fm
Type Locality and Naming
Fukuji—Takayama area (b) is the type locality of this belt (Tsukada et al., 2004).
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Lithology and Thickness
The Mizuyagadani Fm comprises mainly clastic rocks with felsic tuffaceous layers in its lower horizons.
[Figure 1: Stratigraphic relationship among the rocks of the Hida Gaien Belt (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]
[Figure 2: A columnar section of the Muribu and Fukuji successions showing their major lithologies and characteristic layers and blocks (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Ichinotani Fm
Upper contact
Conformably overlain by Sorayama Fm
Regional extent
Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area (b)
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Fossils
Yields Lower Permian corals and Middle Permian radiolarians (Igo I959: Niko et al., 1987; Umeda & Ezaki 1997)
Age
Depositional setting
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