Notabiyama Fm
Period:
Carboniferous
Age Interval:
Lower-Upper Carboniferous (Tournasian-Kasimovian), (27b)
Province:
Akiyoshi Belt
Type Locality and Naming
Akiyoshi Belt Chert subfacies
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
Chert.
[Figure 1: Stratigraphy of the typical shelf facies and oceanic facies Paleozoic rocks in Japan. Modified after Minato et al., (1965), Mori et al. (1992), Kanmera et al. (1990) and Regional Geology Series of the Geological Society of Japan (Asakura Shoten) (after M. Ehiro et al., 2016)]
Lithology Pattern:
Chert
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 Yoshii Fm
Regional extent
Akiyoshi Belt Chert subfacies
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Shown as Lower-Upper Carboniferous, hence placed Tournasian-Kasimovian
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
359.30
Ending stage:
Kasimovian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
303.68
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.