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Mizuyagadani Formation

Mizuyagadani Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Lower-Middle Permian, (Sakmarian), (19b)


Province: 
Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area

Type Locality and Naming

Fukuji—Takayama area (b) is the type locality of this belt (Tsukada et al., 2004).

Synonym:


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)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Volcanic_ash


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)


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Yields Lower Permian corals and Middle Permian radiolarians (Igo I959: Niko et al., 1987; Umeda & Ezaki 1997)


Age 

Shown as Lower-Middle Permian, hence placed Base of Sakmarian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Sakmarian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
293.52

    Ending stage: 
Kungurian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
274.37

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.