2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the sea level changes during the Late Carboniferous in the Akiyoshi Limestone Group
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11640463
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Stratigraphy/Paleontology
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| Research Institution | SAGA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
NIKSHIDA Tamio Saga University, Faculty of Culture and Education, Professor, 文化教育学部, 教授 (80039198)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | Akiyoshi Limestone Group / Carboniferous / sea level changes / sea-mount / organic reef / uncon formity / ammonoid / fusuline |
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| Research Abstract |
About 500 limestone samples with orientation were obrained from the southwestern part of the Akiyoshi Limestone Group. Many limestone blocks which contain ammonoids also collected.
The limestone samples were cut and polished for sedimentological analysis and many thin-sections made for the determination of fusulines.
Some important outcrops of uncon formity were found in the Fusulinella biconica Zone and the boundary of the Pseudojusulinella hidensis and Protriticites montiparus Zone.
The sea level fall near the boundary which are most probably correlated with that of standard Moscovian and Kasimovian on the basis of ammonoids and fusulines is in excess of 50 meters.
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Research Products
(6 results)
