Dodo Group

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Kose Group

Type locality: Dodo, Yanahara, Misaki city, Kume county, Okayama prefecture
Coherent formation
Permian

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies (Upper): Sandstonee
Lithofacies (Middle): Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Lower): Slate
Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Cakcareous slate, Limestone

Thickness: ca. 300 m
Distribution (East - West): ca. 1 km
Distribution (South - North): ca. 2 km

Maizuru Group (Akaiwa, Okayama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Dodo Group
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Kose Group
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Yanahara Group
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[ Lower ]

Central zone (Okayama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Nakaiso Conglomerate Bed
?--?--?--?--?-
Yanagi Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
Fukumoto Group
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Maizuru Group
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[ Lower ]

Maizuru Belt
[ North ]
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North zone
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Central zone
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South zone
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[ South ]

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

Distribution: Dodo, Yanahara, Misaki city, Kume county, Okayama pref.
Fossils (Limestone, Fusulinids): Neoschwagerina sp.

Mitsuno and Omori (1965) Susai, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 59p. (in Japanese with English abstract 17p.)