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Rosse Formation

Rosse Fm


Period: 
Devonian

Age Interval: 
Upper Devonian (Frasnian), (19b)


Province: 
Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area

Type Locality and Naming

Fukuji—Takayama area (a) is the type locality of this belt (Tsukada et al., 2004).

Synonym:


Lithology and Thickness

Mainly felsic tuffaceous rocks

[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)]


Lithology Pattern: 
Volcanic_ash


Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

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

Upper contact

It is in fault contact with the other formations. Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Arakigawa Fm

Regional extent

Hida Gaien Belt- Fukuji-Takayama area (a)


GeoJSON

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Fossils

Contains Upper Devonian fossils such as brachiopods, crinoids and plants, with a Lower Devonian limestone block yielding corals (e.g., Tazawa et al., 1997, 2000b)


Age 

Upper Devonian (Frasnian)

Age Span: 

    Beginning stage: 
Frasnian

    Fraction up in beginning stage: 
0.0

    Beginning date (Ma): 
378.90

    Ending stage: 
Famennian

    Fraction up in the ending stage: 
1.0

    Ending date (Ma):  
359.30

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.