Shindate Fm
Period:
Triassic
Age Interval:
Late Triassic (Carnian), (8e)
Province:
South Kitakami Belt-Western Sub-belt
Type Locality and Naming
Shizugawa (Shizukawa)-Hashiura Sub-belt; Shizugawa area
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
It is composed of thick sandstone beds with subordinate amounts of mudstone and rare coaly mudstone
Lithology Pattern:
Sandy_claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
The Shindate Fm rests unconformably on the Isatomae Fm
Upper contact
Regionally, the schematic strat column indicates the next younger unit as Chonomori Fm
Regional extent
Shizugawa (Shizukawa)-Hashiura Sub-belt; Shizugawa area
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Late Triassic (Carnian)
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Carnian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
237.00
Ending stage:
Carnian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0.5
Ending date (Ma):
232.15
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.