Nagime Formation

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Nagime Formation

Type locality: Nagime, Kamogawa city, Chiba prefecture
Coherent formation

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Shale
Lithofacies (Minor): Chert, Siliceous marl, Sandstone

Thickness: 300 m or thicker
Upper limit: Unconformity (Ishibatake Conglomerate Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Enokibatake Formation)

Mineoka Group
[ Upper ]
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Nagime Formation
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Enokibatake Formation
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Hatcho Formation
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Shirataki Formation
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Sanno Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

Mineoka Belt (Boso peninsula)
[ Upper ]
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Awa Group / Minamiboso Group
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Hota Group
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Mineoka Group
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Nagime - Naro - Takada, Kamogawa city, Chiba pref.

Nakajima et al. (1981) Geology of the Kamogawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)