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Nakadaira Formation

Nakadaira Fm


Period: 
Permian

Age Interval: 
Cisuralian (Asselian), (8d)


Province: 
South Kitakami Belt-Okago region

Type Locality and Naming

Toyoma(Okago); North Kesennuma; South Kesennuma; Utatsu districts

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Mudstone, conglomerate

[Figure 1: Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic of the South Kitakatmi Belt, NE Japan (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Aus Conglomerate


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates this is the oldest unit

Upper contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Hosoo Fm

Regional extent

Toyoma(Okago); North Kesennuma; South Kesennuma; Utatsu districts


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Shown as Permian, hence placed Base of Asselian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Asselian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
298.89

    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.