The Toyora Group is one of the Mesozoic strata in Japan, and was originally named Toyoura Series (or Formation) by Hisakatsu Yabe in 1920.[1] The present name was defined by Tatsuro Matsumoto in 1949.[2]

Toyora Group
Stratigraphic range: Early-Late Jurassic
~200–145 Ma
TypeGeological group
Sub-unitsHigashinagano, Nishinakayama, Utano & Ohchi Formations
UnderliesRenge Metamorphic Rocks & Toyohigashi Group
OverliesToyonishi & Kanmon Groups
Thickness1,000–2,000 m (3,300–6,600 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, sandstone
OtherSiltstone, conglomerate, acidic tuff
Location
RegionYamaguchi
Country Japan
Type section
Named forToyora Gun (Counties)
Named byYabe
Year defined1920

It is the Lower-Upper Jurassic sediments in the East Asian continental margin that distributes in the eastern part of the Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwest Japan. The distribution of the Toyora Group extends north and south, and has been separated between north and south districts by the Tabe Basin and the Kikugawa Fault that is an active left-lateral strike-slip fault.[3][4][5]

Geology

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The Toyora Group is 1,000 to 2,000 metres (3,300 to 6,600 ft) thick, and divided into the Higashinagano, Nishinakayama, Utano, and Ohchi Formations in ascending order. The group rests unconformably on the tilted Paleozoic Renge Metamorphic Rocks and Toyohigashi Group, formations assigned to the Akiyoshi Belt. The Toyora Group is separated by a parallel or locally angular unconformity with the Latest Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Toyonishi Group.

The Toyora Group sediments are composed mainly of black mudstone, sandy mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate that deposited in a shallow marine embayment.[5][6] The mudstone and very fine-grained sandstone beds are often bioturbated by an ichnogenus Phycosiphon.[6]

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References

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  1. ^ Yabe H., 1920, On the so-called Mesozoic formations in the Kiku Peninsula, Buzen. Jour. Geogr., 32, pp.513-520. (in Japanese) OCLC 1554202
  2. ^ Matsumoto, T., 1949, The Late Mesozoic geological history in the Nagato Province, southwest Japan, Japan. Jour. Geol. Geogr., 21, pp. 235-243. OCLC 610397819
  3. ^ Arkell, 1956, Japan and Korea. Jurassic Geology of the World. Oliver&Boyd, London and Edinburgh, pp. 418-430. OCLC 930367265
  4. ^ Sato, T., 1967, Jurassic-Geological history of Jurassic Period in Japan. Historical geology, 2nd volume. Asakura Publ., Tokyo, pp. 386-407. (in Japanese) OCLC 833343664
  5. ^ a b Kiminami, K., 2009, Jurassic System-Toyora Group. In Geological Society of Japan ed., Regional Geology of Japan 6-Chugoku district. Asakura Publ., Tokyo, pp. 95-97. (in Japanese) ISBN 978-4-254-16786-3
  6. ^ a b Kawamura, H., 2010, Stratigraphic revision of the Jurassic Toyora Group of the southern part of the Tabe basin, Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwest Japan. Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, 116, pp. 27-44. (in Japanese with English abstract) doi: 10.5575/geosoc.116.27 ISSN 0016-7630