Umetani Formation

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Umetani Formation

Type locality: Gifu prefecture
Accretionary complex
Jurassic
Correlation: Kuze Unit

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sandstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and slate
Lithofacies (Minor): Chert

Lower limit: Conformity (Oishi Formation)

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

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

Distribution: Umetani - Mount Ikedayama, Tarui city, Fuwa county, Gifu pref.

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.)