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Jogodani Formation Sato and Hayami, 1956

• Type locality: Jogodani valley, Asahi city, Shimoniikawa county, Toyama prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian (188.0 Ma, U-Pb)
• Correlation: Gamaharazawa Formation, Douden Formation
• Intruded by: Kitamatadani Granodiorite

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Metamorphic facies: Contact
• Lithofacies (Upper): Mudstone, Felsic tuff
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Conglomerate, Sandstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Sandstone, Conglomerate, Mudstone
• Sedimentary structures: Channel structure, Cross stratification

• Thickness: ca. 300 - 400 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Kitamatadani Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Renge Metamorphic Rocks, Serpentinite)

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

• Distribution: Jogodani valley - Kitamatadani valley - Mount Kuroiwayama, Asahi city, Shimoniikawa county, Toyama pref.; Higashimata valley, Toga village, Nanto city, Toyama pref.; Higashimatazawa creek, Kotakigawa river, Itoigawa city, Niigata pref.
• Tephra: YPT

• Takeuchi et al. (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.5, pp.335-350 DOI
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• Nagamori et al. (2010) Geology of the Kotaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)