Monzen Fm
Period:
Neogene
Age Interval:
Eocene
Province:
Shimanto Belt
Type Locality and Naming
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Volcanic rocks
Lithology Pattern:
Volcanics
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Funakawa Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Daijima Fm
Regional extent
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.25
Beginning date (Ma):
10.53
Ending stage:
Tortonian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
9.44
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.