Asuwa Group

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Asuwa Group Matsuo, 1954

Type locality: Asuwagawa river, Fukui prefecture
Coherent formation
Late Cretaceous

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial

Upper limit: Conformity, partly Unconformity (Omodani Formation)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Higashimata Complex)

Fukui pref.
[ Upper ]
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Heikedake Formation
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[ Lower ]

Fukui pref.
[ Upper ]
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Ubagatake Formation
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[ Lower ]

Ishikawa pref.
[ Upper ]
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Omichidani Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Asuwagawa river, Fukui pref.
Fossils (Asuwa flora)

Nozawa et al. (1975) Geology of the Hida-Furukawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 79p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
Kawai (1964) Neo, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 12p.)