Nakawada Formation

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Nakawada Formation

Coherent formation
early Permian (Fusulinids, Corals)

Lithofacies: Limestone, Slate

Upper limit: Fault
Lower limit: Fault

South Kitakami Belt (Kamaishi, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Nakawada Formation
/--/--/--/--/-
Kogawa Formation
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Senjogataki Formation
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Hayachine Complex
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Iwate pref.
Fossils: Crinoids, Fusulinids (Pseudofusulina sp., Pseudoschwagerina sp.), �T��S (Batostomella sp., Lophophyllidium sp.)

Yoshida (1961) Kamaishi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 26p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)