Moribu Fm
Type Locality and Naming
Fukuji—Takayama area (a) is the type locality of this belt (Tsukada et al., 2004).
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Lithology and Thickness
Clastic rocks with felsic tuffaceous rocks and limestone
[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
Unconformably overlying the Arakigawa Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Funatsu Granite Fm
Regional extent
Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area (a)
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Fossils
It yields Middle Permian brachiopods and fusulinoideans with recycled Lower Permian fusulinoideans in its lowermost horizon (Fujimoto et a1., 1962; Horikoshi et al., 1987; Tazawa et al., 1993; Niwa et a1., 2004).
Age
Depositional setting
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