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Kuji Group Shimazu and Teraoka, 1962

• Coherent formation
• Ezo forearc basin
• Late Cretaceous, Santonian - Campanian (Ammonoids, Inoceramus sp., Pollen)

• Sedimentary facies: Marine, Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone, Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tuff, Shale, Coal

• Thickness: ca. 600 m
• Upper limit: Parallel unconformity (Noda Group), Unconformity (Hirono Formation, Minashi Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Akka - Tanohata Sub-belt, Tanohata Granite)

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

• Distribution: Tamagawa seashore, Noda city, Kunohe county - Oashi, Kuji city, Iwate pref.
• Fossils: Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, Turtles, Shellfishes, Plants

• Umetsu et al. (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, Supplement, pp.82-95 DOI
• Yoshida et al. (1987) Geology of the Rikuchu-Ono District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 70p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
• Shimazu and Teraoka (1962) Rikuchu-Noda, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 11p.)