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Noguchi Formation Hanzawa et al., 1958

Invalid synonym: Hanesawa Formation

• Type locality: Noguchi, Matsuzaka, Tozawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Miocene - Pliocene
• Correlation (Upper): Lower Tateyama Formation
• Correlation (Lower): Upper Kitamata Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine, Outer shelf, Continental slope
• Lithofacies: Sandy mudstone, Siltstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Acidic tuff, Basalt - andesite volcaniclastic rocks

• Thickness: ca. 300 - 400 m
• Upper limit (North, Center, Southwest): Conformity (Nakawatari Formation)
• Upper limit (South): Unconformity (Nakawatari Formation)
• Upper limit (Center, Southwest): Bottom of sandstone bed
• Upper limit (South): Bottom of lignite bed
• Lower limit: Transitional (Furukuchi Formation)

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

• Distribution: Noguchi, Matsuzaka, Tozawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata pref.; Hanesawa - Tanosawa, Sakekawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata pref.; Kawafunezawa - Takinoue, Mamurogawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata pref.
• Fossils: Barnacles (Magabalanus sp.), Diatoms
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Fulgoraria sp., Lucinoma aculitineatum, Natica sp., Neptunea intersculpta, Parancistrolepis cf. fujitai, Puncturella sp., Serripes groenlandicus, Tectonatica janthostomoides
• Fossils (Foraminifera): Cassidulina cf. yabei, Cibicides aknerianus, Cibicides asanoi, Cyclammina ezoensis, Cyclammina trullissata, Dentalina sp., Epistominella pulchella, Globobulimina auriculata, Globocassidulina depressa, Globocassidulina parva, Haplophragmoides sp., Islandiella californica, Islandiella norcrossi, Marginulina sp., Martinottiella communis, Melonis pompilioides, Neogloboquadrina aff. asanoi, Orbulina universa, Pullenia quinqueloba, Pullenia salisburyi, Sigmomorphina sawanensis, Trifarina hughesi, Trifarina kokozuraensis, Trochammina sp., Uvigerina hootsi, Uvigerina peregrina dirupta, Uvigerina yabei, Valvulinerina sadonica

• Moriya et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.8, pp.389-404 DOI
• Moriya et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.1, pp.1-15 DOI
• Tsuchiya (1989) Geology of the Osawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 85p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)