Nozuchi Formation

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Nozuchi Formation Nakura, 1980

Type locality: Nozuchi, Tagotsu, Higashiyama village, Ichinoseki city, Iwate prefecture
Coherent formation
early - Permian

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mudstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Limestone, Sandstone, Conglomerate

Thickness: 1,000 m or thicker
Lower limit: Unconformity

South Kitakami Belt (Ichinoseki, Iwate pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Nozuchi Formation
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Takezawa Formation
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Karaumedate Formation
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Tobigamori Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Nozuchi, Tagotsu, Higashiyama village, Ichinoseki city, Iwate pref.; Nagasaka, Higashiyama village, Ichinoseki city, Miyagi pref.
Fossils (Limestone): Fusulinids (Pseudofusulina sp., Chalaroschwagerina sp., Nagatoella minatoi)

Ehiro and Morikiyo (2013) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.119, Supplement, pp.47-67 DOI