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Higuchi Group

• Type locality: Shimane prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Early Jurassic

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Depth of water: Shallow
• Lithofacies: Conglomerate, Sandstone, Mudstone

• Thickness: 250 - 400 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kanmon Group)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Nishiki Group)

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

• Distribution: Muikaichi, Yoshika city, Kanoashi county, Shimane pref.
• Fossils: Ammonoids

• Nagata et al. (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.2, pp.59-69 DOI