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Naruo Formation

Naruo Fm


Period: 
Triassic, Jurassic

Age Interval: 
latest Triassic-Early Jurassic (Rhaetian-Hettangian), (15a)


Province: 
Kurosegawa Belt- Shikoku

Type Locality and Naming

Kurosegawa Belt-central Shikoku

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Composed of clastic rocks


Lithology Pattern: 
Coarse clastics


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next older unit as Kochigatani Gr

Upper contact

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

Regional extent

Kurosegawa Belt-central Shikoku


GeoJSON

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Fossils


Age 

Shown as latest Triassic-Early Jurassic, hence placed Base of Rhaetian

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Rhaetian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
205.74

    Ending stage: 
Hettangian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
199.46

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.