Mone Formation

Coherent formation
Jurassic

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Interbedded slate and sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Conglomerate

Thickness: ca. 470 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Ishiwaritoge Formation)

Shishiori Group
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Kogoshio Formation
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Mone Formation
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Ishiwaritoge Formation
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[ Lower ]

Karakuwa-Oshika Subbelt
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Shishiori Group
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Karakuwa Group
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[ Lower ]

South Kitakami Belt (after Permian)
[ West ]
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Shizukawa-Hashiura Subbelt
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Karakuwa-Oshika Subbelt
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Ofunato Subbelt
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[ East ]

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

Distribution: Miyagi pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Trigonia sp.
Fossils (Plants, possibly upper stara than Mone Formation): Adiantites sp., Brachyphyllum sp., Cladophlebis browniana, Cladophlebis distans, Cladophlebis cf. exilis, Cladophlebis cf. nebbensis, Coniopteris burgensis, Ctenopsis latifolia, Dictyozamites cycadopsis?, Equisetum ushimarense, Frenelopsis cf. hohenegeeri, Leckenbya valdensis, Matonidium goepperti, Nilssonia ezoana, Nilssonia johnstrupi, Podozamites lancealatus, Ptilophyllum cf. pecten, Todites cf. roesserti?, Todites cf. williamsoni, Williamsonia sp., Zamites buckianus, Zamites cf. megaphyllis

Kambe and Shimazu (1961) Kesennuma, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 73p. (in Japanese with English abstract 16p.)