Kasuga Formation

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Kasuga Formation Seki, 1939

Type locality: Furuya - Tani, Ibigawa city, Ibi county, Gifu prefecture
Accretionary complex
Jurassic
Correlation: Itanakogawa Formation

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Chert
Lithofacies (Minor): Slate, Sandstone

Thickness: 1,000 m or thicker
Upper limit: Conformity (Noharadani Formation)
Lower limit: Conformity (Kasukawa Formation)

Kasuga Group
[ Upper ]
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Noharadani Formation
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Kasuga Formation
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Sasamata Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

Mino Belt (Ogaki, Gifu pref.)
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Kasuga Formation
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Kasukawa Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
Umetani Formation
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Oishi Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
Otaki Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

Mino Belt (Kasuga, Gifu pref.)
[ Upper ]
/--/--/--/--/-
Kasuga Group
/--/--/--/--/-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Nagatanigawa? river - Shimogare - Furuya - Tani - Kasuga, Ibigawa city, Ibi county, Gifu pref.

Isomi (1956) Ominagahama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 51p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
Isomi (1955) Ogaki, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 24p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)