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Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 12: 17–33 (2013)© by the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

EVIDENCE FOR LATE PERMIAN–TRIASSIC VOLCANISM
IN THE HIDA GAIEN BELT, SOUTHWEST JAPAN：
NEW U-PB AGES FROM THE MOTODO, ASHIDANI, AND OTANI FORMATIONS
Yuta KAWAGOE 1 , Norimichi MORI 1 , Shin-ichi SANO 2 , Yuji ORIHASHI 3 ,Koshi YAMAMOTO 4 , Yasuo ISHIZAKI 1 , Yoshikazu KOUCHI 1 and Shigeru OTOH 1
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, 51-11 Terao, Muroko, Katsuyama, Fukui 911-8601, Japan
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Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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ABSTRACT
We carried out a U-Pb geochronological study of the Motodo, Ashidani, and Otani formations in the Hida
Gaien Belt of the Kuzuryu area, Fukui Prefecture, in the northeastern part of Southwest Japan, to constrain theirage of deposition. The LA-ICPMS U-Pb zircon ages we newly obtained are as follows. Andesitic volcaniclastic
conglomerate and tuff breccia of the Lower Member of the Motodo Formation were dated at 254.2 ± 2.5 Ma (2σ)
and 253.0 ± 3.6 Ma, respectively. A granodiorite clast of the Middle Member of the formation was dated at 252.6 ±3.6 Ma. The detrital zircons from the sandstone of the Middle Member of the Motodo Formation and the Ashidani
Formation both showed a unimodal age distribution centered at 272–271 Ma. Volcaniclastic sandstone of the Otani
Formation showed a multimodal age distribution with peaks at 241 Ma, 433 Ma, 493 Ma, 1720 Ma, and 2409 Ma.
Considering the age of tuff breccia and the conformable or interfingering relationship between the members of theMotodo Formation, we interpret that the formation is of Late Permian to Early Triassic age. The youngest age-peakfrom the volcaniclastic sandstone of the Otani Formation, 243 Ma, presumably indicate the age of syn-sedimentary
volcanism, suggesting that the formation is of Middle Triassic age. The Paleoproterozoic zircons in the Otani
Formation, on the other hand, indicate the sediment supply from a continent in the Middle Triassic. Combining the
new data and the results of previous studies, it is concluded that the Hida Gaien Belt holds evidence for continual
volcanism from the Ordovician to the Late Triassic.
Key words: U-Pb age, zircon, LA-ICPMS, Hida Gaien Belt, Fukui Prefecture
川越雄太・森 紀道・佐野晋一・折橋裕二・山本鋼志・石㟢泰男・高地吉一・大藤 茂（2013）西南日本，
飛騨外縁帯の本戸層，芦谷層および大谷層から得られた新たな LA-ICPMS ウラン－鉛年代．福井県立恐竜博物館紀要 12：17–33．
飛騨外縁帯，本戸層，芦谷層及び大谷層のウラン－鉛ジルコン年代を検討した．本戸層下部層の火砕性礫岩及び凝灰角礫岩の年代は，それぞれ 254.2 ± 2.5 Ma（2 σ）及び 253.0 ± 3.6 Ma である．また，同層中部層の花崗閃緑岩礫の年代は 252.6 ± 3.6 Ma である．本戸層中部層及び芦谷層の砂岩中の砕屑性ジルコンは，272–271 Ma をピークとする単峰型年代分布をなす．大谷層の火砕性砂岩中の砕屑性ジルコ
ンは，243 Ma，493 Ma，1720 Ma，2409 Ma 等の多峰型年代分布をなす．本戸層は，上記データ及び各部層の整合・指交関係から，上部ペルム～下部三畳系と解釈される．大谷層は，火砕性砂岩中の最も若い年代ピークが堆積時火山活動を示す蓋然性が高く，中部三畳系と推定される．また，大谷層中の古原
生代の年代は，大陸からのジルコン供給の開始を示唆する．新たなデータと先行研究より，飛騨外縁帯はオルドビス紀～後期三畳紀の断続的な火山活動を記録することが判明した．

Received August 5, 2013. Accepted November 14, 2013.
Corresponding author—Shigeru OTOH
E-mail: shige@sci.u-toyama.ac.jp
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The Hida Gaien (or Marginal) Belt is the tectonic belt
between the Hida and Oeyama or Renge belts of the Inner
Zone of Southwest Japan, and consists mainly of Middle toUpper Paleozoic and Upper Triassic shallow marine beds
(Tsukada et al., 2004; Fig. 1). The constituent rocks of the Hida
Gaien Belt sporadically occur in the Omi–Shirouma, Fukuji–
Takayama, Naradani, and Kuzuryu areas in the northeasternpart of Southwest Japan (Fig. 1). The belt has been famous forthe occurrence of Paleozoic, especially Middle Paleozoic megaand microfossils since the early twentieth century (e.g., Kozu,
1910; Kato, 1913; Kamei, 1952; Igo, 1956; Kawai et al., 1957;
Hamada, 1959; Kato, 1959; Igo et al., 1980; Tsukada and Koike,
1997; Kurihara, 2004).
The Hida Gaien Belt is also characterized by the abundance of
volcanic, pyroclastic, and volcaniclastic rocks, which have been
well dated in the Fukuji–Takayama area. Ordovician or older
mafic volcanism is recorded in the Iwatsubodani Formation(Tsukada, 1997), Ordovician–Silurian felsic volcanism in the
Hitoegane Formation (Tsukada and Koike, 1997; Tsukada,1997), Devonian felsic volcanism in the Yoshiki Formation(Kurihara, 2004), Carboniferous mafic and felsic volcanismin the Arakigawa Formation (Isomi and Nozawa, 1957),
Early–Middle Permian felsic volcanism in the Mizuyagadani
Formation (Niko et al., 1987), Middle Permian mafic tointermediate volcanism in the Sorayama Formation (Tsukada etal., 1999; Tsukada and Takahashi, 2000), and Late Triassic felsic
to intermediate volcanism in the Tandodani Formation (Tsukada
et al., 1997; Tsukada and Niwa, 2005). Volcanic and related
rocks are also abundant in the Kuzuryu area of the Hida Gaien
Belt: e.g., in the Kagero, Shibasudani, Konogidani, Tomedoro,
Motodo, and Otani formations as described in a later section.
Although the ages of the Kagero and Shibasudani formations
have been determined by radiolarian biostratigraphy as Early
Silurian and Late Silurian–Devonian, respectively (Kurihara,
2003, 2004), and Late Cretaceous K-Ar and Ar-Ar plagioclase
ages were reported from the Konogidani Formation (Matsumoto,2012b), many age-unknown formations have remained. The
insufficiency of biostratigraphical and geochronological data
impedes the full understanding of the geologic development ofSouthwest Japan.
In this paper, we report newly obtained LA-ICPMS (laser
ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry), U-Pb
zircon ages from the Motodo, Ashidani, and Otani formations in
the northern part of the Kuzuryu area, Hida Gaien Belt. As will
be discussed later, the data suggests that these formations are of
Late Permian or Triassic age, quite discordant with the major
opinion that correlates the Motodo Formation with the Lower
Cretaceous Kanmon Group in western Southwest Japan. Hence
we compare the detrital zircon age distributions of the Motodo
Formation and Hayama Formation, which is correlated with the
Kanmon Group, as a control test. Finally we discuss the tectonic
setting of the Late Permian–Triassic volcanism recorded in theMotodo and Otani formations.

FIGURE 1. Index map showing the distribution of the constituent rocksof the Hida Gaien Belt and the location of the Kuzuryu area drawn in
Fig. 2. Modified after Tsukada et al. (2004).

GEOLOGIC SETTING
Kuzuryu area of the Hida Gaien Belt
The Kuzuryu area lies in the southwestern part of the Hida
Gaien Belt. The constituent rocks of the Hida Gaien Belt widely
occur in the area and have been studied by many researchers (e.g.,
Kawai et al., 1957; Maeda, 1961; Kurihara, 2003; Otoh et al.,
2004; Fukui Prefecture, 2010; Matsumoto, 2012b). The Kuzuryu
area is mainly occupied by the following geologic units: theIse Metamorphic Rocks of the Renge Belt metamorphosed in
Late Carboniferous–Early Permian age (Kunugiza et al., 2004),
Lower Silurian Kagero Formation, Upper Silurian–Lower
Devonian Shibasudani Formation, Lower Devonian Kamianama
Formation, Carboniferous Fujikuradani Formation, Upper
Carboniferous Nagano Formation, Middle Permian Oguradani
Formation, Upper Cretaceous Konogidani Formation, ageunknown Tomedoro, Motodo, Ashidani and Otani formations,and Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group (Fig. 2).
Among them, we studied the age-unknown Motodo, Ashidani,
and Otani formations. Here we introduce the outline of the threeformations.
Motodo Formation
The Motodo Formation (Kobayashi, 1954; Yamada, 1967)
extends eastward from the type locality, some 20 km to the westof the Kuzuryu Dam, to the south of Otani (Kawai et al., 1957;
submerged in Lake Kuzuryu-ko at present; Fig. 2). There arealso narrow exposures of the formation near the upper stream of
the Konogidani Valley. The formation strikes east to ENE anddips 30°–60°S, quite discordant with the geologic structure of

FIGURE 2. Geologic map of the Kuzuryu area showing the sampling locations. Compiled from Otoh et al. (2004), Fukui Prefecture (2010), and Matsumoto (2012b). Abbreviations—Ak:
Akubaradani Valley, Kn: Konogidani Valley, O: Otani, R.: River, V.: Valley.

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the Tetori Group that dips and faces to the north. The Motodo
Formation consists of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia, Wasadani
Conglomerate, and Kumokawa Conglomerate members, inascending order (Ono and Takeuchi, 2001). The Wasadani
Conglomerate Member conformably covers the Nakajima
Tuff Breccia Member, whereas the Kumokawa Conglomerate
Member conformably covers or interfingers with the Wasadani
Conglomerate Member. The total thickness of the formation
exceeds 1,000 m (Ono and Takeuchi, 2001; Matsumoto, 2012b).
The Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member consists of andesitic tuff
breccia and volcanic breccia with blocks and lapillis of andesite
lava and pyroclastic rocks contained in the matrix of lithic tuff
(Ono and Takeuchi, 2001). The tuff breccia and volcanic breccia
rarely contain pebble- to cobble-sized limestone clasts that yield
Middle Permian fusulinids such as Lepidolina toriyamai (Omura,1968).
The Wasadani Conglomerate Member consists mainlyof matrix-supported, ill-sorted massive conglomerate anddark green or reddish purple sandstone. The conglomerate iscomposed of pebbles to boulders of granitoids, felsic volcanic
rocks, limestone, and mafic volcanic rocks contained in thematrix of dark green to dark gray coarse sandstone. The clasts ofgranitoids and felsic volcanic rocks tend to be larger and betterrounded, whereas those of the other rock types tend to be smaller
and worse-rounded. Ono et al. (2003) reported CHIME zircon
ages of 201 ± 20 Ma and 202 ± 30 Ma (Late Triassic–Early
Jurassic) from granodiorite pebbles of the member.
The Kumokawa Conglomerate Member consists mainly ofclast-supported, moderately- to ill-sorted, bedded reddish purple
conglomerate and reddish purple sandstone. The conglomerate
is composed mainly of pebbles and cobbles of reddish purple
sandstone and mudstone, along with rare limestone clasts (Onoand Takeuchi, 2001). The limestone clasts yield Middle to Late
Permian fusulinids such as Codonofusiella sp., Reichelina sp.,and Yangchienia sp. (Omura, 1968).
The data set as well as the lithological resemblance (dominanceof red beds) has become a strong basis to believe that theMotodo Formation is correlated with the Lower Cretaceous
Kenseki Formation or Kanmon Group in the western part ofSouthwest Japan (Kobayashi, 1954; Kawai et al., 1957; Onoet al., 2003; Matsumoto, 2012b). Omura (1968), on the other
hand, proposed that the Motodo Formation is an Upper Permianto Triassic formation from the following reasons: (1) the
Motodo Formation yielded no Mesozoic fossils; (2) the Motodo
Formation, dipping steeply to south along with the Paleozoic
formations, was presumably older than the Middle Jurassic to
Lower Cretaceous Tetori Group, which dipped gently to north; (3)the paleomagnetic poles of the Motodo Formation and KanmonGroup differed from each other.
Ashidani Formation
The Ashidani Formation (Kawai, 1956) extends eastward
from the type locality on the east of the Kuzuryu Dam to theupper stream of the Akubaradani Valley (Fig. 2). The formation
strikes WNW to ENE, dips 60°–90°S, and apparently overlies
the Motodo Formation near the upper stream of the Konogidani

Valley. The apparent thickness of the formation is 1,000 m.
The Ashidani Formation consists of greenish gray, medium- tocoarse-grained sandstone and black mudstone, with a thin layerof conglomerate and lenticular limestone bodies. The formation
has been strongly sheared and exhibits distinct schistosity andlineation. The schistosity is defined by parallel arrangementof the (001) plane of micas and/or the xy-plane of stretchedsand grains (x > y > z), and is parallel to the bedding plane.
The lineation defined by parallel arrangement of the x-axis ofstretched sand grains lies on the schistosity and gently plunges
to west or east. A lenticular limestone body near the type
locality yields Late Carboniferous fusulinids such as Fusulinella
pseudobocki (Kobayashi, 1954). Matsumoto (2012a) reported
SHRIMP U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from the Ashidani
Formation. He found that the age of detrital zircons ranges
between 280 Ma and 220 Ma and inferred that the Ashidani
Formation is a Triassic formation.
Otani Formation
The Otani Formaiton (Yamada, 1967) shows east-trending,long and narrow distribution around the type locality at Otani,along the lower stream of the Konogidani Valley (Fig. 2). The
formation strikes east and dips 60°–90°S. The apparent thicknessof the formation near the type locality exceeds 500 m. The
formation also occurs to the south of Lake Kuzuryu-ko (Fig.
2). The Otani Formation consists of conglomerates with thedark green to dark brown matrix of altered andesitic to basaltic
volcaniclastic sandstone. The conglomerate is very ill-sorted,
containing grains of various sizes ranging from 0.5 mm to 70 cm,
and is rounded to sub-angular. Moreover there are some mappable
blocks (mainly of limestone) with the longest dimension of up
to several hundred meters. According to Matsumoto (2012b), theclast composition of the conglomerate in an outcrop on the leftbank of the Konogidani Valley was andesite (33%), basalt (24%),
limestone (15%), granite (9%), rhyolite (7%), and gabbro (6%),
in descending order. The limestone pebbles yield a coral fossil
Favosites sp., and fusulinids such as Fusulinella sp., Triticites
sp., Obsoletes sp., Schubertella kingi, Schwagerina japonica,
and Lepidolina kumaensis (Kawai et al., 1957; Yamaguchi andOta, 1965; Yamada, 1967; Matsumoto, 2012b). In addition, theMetal Mining Agency of Japan (1980) reported whole rock K-Ar
age of 159.3 ± 8.0 Ma from an andesite pebble of the Otani
Formation near Loc. 12111003 (Ichinomata bridge; Matsumoto,2012b).
Nariwa area of the Akiyoshi Belt, Okayama Prefecture
The Nariwa area lies in the southern part of the Akiyoshi Beltin the eastern Chugoku Mountains, Southwest Japan (Fig. 3).
The Nariwa area consists mainly of the Permian accretionary
complex of the Akiyoshi Belt, composed of Carboniferous to
Middle Permian reef limestone and chert and Middle Permian
terrigenous clastic rocks and felsic tuff (e.g., Sano et al., 1987).
The Upper Triassic shallow marine to terrestrial clastic rocksof the Nariwa Group unconformably overlies the accretionary
complex (Otoh, 1985), and the Lower Cretaceous fluvial

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the Motodo Formation, (4) a sandstone matrix of the Wasadani
Conglomerate Member containing the above granodiorite
cobble, (5) sandstone of the Ashidani Formation, and (6) granulesandstone of the Otani Formation. In addition, we carried out apreliminary study of (7) red sandstone of the Hayama Formation.
Here follow the description of the samples studied.
Andesitic volcaniclastic conglomerate of the Nakajima
Tuff Breccia Member (Sample 11110801; N35˚51’33.1”,
E136˚31’22.7”)

FIGURE 3. Simplified tectonic map of the eastern Chugoku Mountains
showing the sampling location of the Hayama sandstone (sample
13042802). Abbreviations—MB: Maizuru Belt, M.T.L.: Median
Tectonic Line, UTB: Ultra-Tamba Belt.

deposits of the Hayama Formation unconformably overlies them(Suzuki et al., 2001).
Hayama Formation
The Hayama Formation (Suzuki et al., 2001), 300 m thick,occurs in the northwestern part of the Nariwa Town, Takahashi
City, Okayama Prefecture. The formation was called the Kenseki(or Inkstone) Formation (Kusumi et al., 1965) in the twentiethcentury. The Hayama Formation consists characteristicallyof upward fining red fluvial clastic rocks and is divided into
two members: the Eda Conglomerate Member and Sora
Mudstone Member, in ascending order (Suzuki et al., 2001).
The Eda Conglomerate Member consists mainly of limestone
conglomerate with minor clasts of chert, sandstone, and felsic
tuff, and is associated with red sandstone layers. The Sora
Mudstone Member consists mainly of red to reddish purple
mudstone, interlayered with red sandstone. Suzuki et al. (2001)
obtained a fission track age of 101 ± 4 Ma from zircons in afelsic tuff layer of the Sora Mudstone Member and concluded
that the Hayama Formation is correlated with the Aptian
Shimonoseki Subgroup of the Kanmon Group in the westernpart of Southwest Japan.
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
We studied the following six samples and constrained theirage of deposition: (1) andesitic volcaniclastic conglomerateof the Motodo Formation, (2) andesitic tuff breccia of the
Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member of the Motodo Formation, (3) agranodiorite cobble of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member ofSample 11110801 of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Memberof the Motodo Formation was collected from an exposure of
the lowermost part of the member along the middle stream of
the Sasogawa River (Fig. 2). The sample was of volcaniclastic
conglomerate with pebble- to cobble-sized clasts of andesite
lava, andesitic lapilli tuff, and felsic vitric tuff contained in thematrix of dark reddish purple andesitic tuff to lapilli tuff. The
conglomerate is ill-sorted, subangular to moderately rounded,
and matrix supported. We crushed the clasts and matrix of theconglomerate together and collected zircon grains. The zircon
grains were mostly euhedral and colorless, with some brown
grains. They had columnar shapes with the aspect ratio ranging
from 1.3 to 2.8 (1.7 in average). All zircon grains showedoscillatory zoning in cathodoluminescence (CL) images, acommon feature of igneous zircons (Corfu et al., 2003).
Andesitic tuff breccia of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member(Sample 12082601; N35˚51’ 53.8”, E136˚28’ 52.6”)
Sample 12082601 of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member ofthe Motodo Formation was collected from an exposure of thelower part of the member along the Kumokawa River (Fig. 2).
The sample was of tuff breccia consisting of clasts of andesite
lava and felsic vitric tuff contained in the matrix of dark purple
lithic lapilli tuff. We did not separate the clasts and matrix,
crushed them together, and collected zircon grains. The zircon
grains were euhedral to subhedral and colorless. They hadcolumnar shapes with the aspect ratio of around 2.5. All zircon
grains showed oscillatory zoning in CL images.
Granodiorite cobble of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member(Sample 12082602; N35˚51’25.2”, E136˚31’40.2”)
Sample 12082602 of the Wasadani Conglomerate Memberof the Motodo Formation was collected from an exposureof conglomerate of the lower part of the member along the
Sasogawa River (Fig. 2). The sample was a granodiorite cobble
comprising plagioclase (47%; partly saussuritized and/or
sericitized), quartz (22%), biotite (19%; partly chloritized), andpink K-feldspar (12%). The volume ratio of quartz, plagioclase,and K-feldspar was 27 : 58 : 15. The zircon grains we collected
were euhedral to subhedral and colorless. They had columnar
shapes with the aspect ratio ranging from 1.6 to 2.8 (mostly 2.5).
All zircon grains showed oscillatory zoning in CL images.

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Sandstone of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member (Sample
12082603; N35˚51’25.2”, E136˚31’40.2”)
Sample 12082603 of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member ofthe Motodo Formation was collected from the same exposure
with sample 12082602 (Fig. 2). The sample was of feldspathic
arenite composing the matrix of conglomerate, and consistedof feldspars (50%; partly saussuritized and/or sericitized), rockfragments (21%), single quartz (20%), and matrix (9%). The
zircon grains we collected were mostly subhedral to anhedral
and colorless, with rare brown grains. They had columnar shapeswith the aspect ratio ranging from 1.6 to 3.2 (2.3 in average). All
zircon grains showed oscillatory zoning in CL images.
Sandstone of the Ashidani Formation (Sample 12111007;
N35°53’21.6”, E136°40’48.8”)
Sample 12111007 of the Ashidani Formation was collectedfrom an exposure along a logging road to the east of Mt.
Washikuradake (Fig. 2). The sample was of bedded lithic arenite
in the upper part of the formation, containing lithic fragmentsof mudstone, felsic volcanic rocks, and chert. The sandstone
was ill- to moderately-sorted, sub-angular and had undergone
cataclastic deformation. The zircon grains we collected were
mostly euhedral to subhedral and colorless, with rare brown
grains. They had columnar shapes with the aspect ratio ranging
from 1.6 to 3.0 (2.4 in average). All zircon grains showedoscillatory zoning in CL images.
Sandstone of the Otani Formation (Sample 12111003;
N35°52’49.2”, E136°43’39.5”)
Sample 12111003 of the Otani Formation was collectedfrom an exposure along a branch of the Akubaradani Valley tothe north of the Ichinomata bridge (Fig. 2). The sample was of
volcaniclastic sandstone–granule conglomerate composing thematrix of ill-sorted conglomerate of the Otani Formation. The
sample consisted mostly of subangular fragments of alteredandesitic volcanic rocks with minor single quartz and feldspar
grains. The zircon grains we collected were mostly euhedral andcolorless, with rare brown grains. They had columnar shapeswith the aspect ratio ranging from 1.4 to 2.7 (2.0 in average). All
zircon grains showed oscillatory zoning in CL images.
Sandstone of the Hayama Formation (Sample 13042802;
N34°47’58.4”, E133°30’45.8”)
Sample 13042802 of the Hayama Formation was collectedfrom the lower part of the formation (Eda Conglomerate
Member), at an exposure along the middle stream of the
Shimagigawa River to the northwest of Nariwa Town, Takahashi
City, Okayama Prefecture (Fig. 3). The sample was of bedded
lithic arenite intercalated in thick red conglomerate beds ofthe Eda Conglomerate Member. The sample consisted of lithic
fragments (60%), feldspar (20%), quartz (13%), and matrix (7%).

The lithic fragments were mainly of felsic volcanic rocks. The
zircon grains we collected were mostly euhedral and colorless,with rare brown grains. They had columnar shapes with the
aspect ratio ranging from 1.5 to 3.0 (2.4 in average). All zircon
grains showed oscillatory zoning in CL images.
ANALYTICAL METHOD
The zircon samples for analyses were prepared in accordancewith the procedures described in Kawagoe et al. (2012). The
measurement was carried out on laser ablation inductively
coupled plasma mass spectrometers (LA-ICPMS) equipped inthe (1) Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo(ERI), and (2) Graduate School of Environmental Studies,
Nagoya University (NU).
The ICPMS instrument equipped in ERI was a Thermo
Elemental Plasma Quad 3 quadropole-based ICPMS connectedwith a New Wave UP-213 LA system, which used the frequency
quintupled Nd-YAG 213-nm wavelength (Orihashi et al., 2008).
The measurement conditions were as follows: the ablation pit
size of 30 μm, energy density of 11–13 J/cm -2 , and pulse
repetition rate of 10 Hz. The analyses were carried out in a peakjumping mode and the peaks of 202Hg, 206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb, 232Th, and238
U were monitored. Data were acquired in sequences of 28
analyses, consisting of 5 analyses of gas blank, 4 NIST (National
Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S.A.) SRM 610 glass
standard, 1 standard zircon (91500 zircon with the 206Pb/238U age
of 1062.4 ± 0.4 Ma; Wiedenbeck et al., 1995), 9 unknown, 4
SRM 610 standard, and 5 gas blank.
The ICPMS instrument equipped in NU was an Agilent 7700x
quadropole-based ICPMS connected with a New Wave Research
NWR-213-type LA system, which used the frequency quintupled
Nd-YAG 213-nm wavelength. The measurement conditions,
optimized to reduce matrix effects, were as follows: energy
density of 11.7 J/cm -2 , pulse repetition rate of 10 Hz, preablation time of 8 s, ablation time of 10 s, and the ablation pit
size of 25 μm (Kouchi et al., 2012). The analyses were carriedout in a peak-jumping mode and the peaks of 202Hg, 206Pb, 207Pb,
208
Pb, 232Th, and 238U were monitored. Data were acquired in thesame sequences with the ERI system.
RESULTSWe sampled an outer part (rim or mantle) of collected zircon
grains with the laser ablation technique, and analyzed with
the ICPMS. After the analyses we processed the data with theMicrosoft Excel and Isoplot 3.70 softwares (Ludwig, 2008) anddrew various diagrams shown in this paper. Here follow theresults of our analyses (Table 1).

TABLE 1. U-Pb isotopic data for zircons analyzed in this study. All errors are 2σ. % conc = 100•( 206Pb/ 238U age)/( 207Pb/ 235U age) is a measure of concordance between 206Pb/238U and 207Pb/235U ages.
Analyses shown in italics are discordant ones that are not included in the probability density plot and histogram. Abbreviation—Cgl.: Conglomerate.

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Granodiorite cobble of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member(Sample 12082602)
We obtained, in ERI, 14 analyses from 14 zircon grains
collected from sample 12082602 of the granodiorite cobbleof the Wasadani Conglomerate Member, Motodo Formation.
All the data except two were concordant, with the % conc
value between 90 and 110 (Table 1). The 206 Pb/ 238U ages of theconcordant zircons all fell between 243 Ma and 264 Ma (bestestimate ages; Fig. 6) and their weighted mean was 252.6 ± 3.6
Ma. The concordant age of the youngest zircon was 245.1 ± 5.9
Ma. The Th/U ratio of each analysis was 1.00–1.53 and fell in
the range of igneous zircon.
Sandstone of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member (Sample
12082603)

FIGURE 4. Concordia diagram for all the analytical data of detrital
zircons from volcaniclastic conglomerate of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia
Member of the Motodo Formation (sample 11110801). Abbreviation(Figs. 4–10)—N: total number of analyses.

Andesitic volcaniclastic conglomerate of the Nakajima Tuff
Breccia Member (Sample 11110801)
We obtained, in ERI, 12 analyses from 12 zircon grains
collected from sample 11110801 of the andesitic volcaniclastic
conglomerate of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member, Motodo
Formation. All the data were concordant, with the % conc value(100•( 207Pb/ 235U age)/( 206Pb/ 238U age)) between 90 and 110. The
206
Pb/ 238 U ages of the zircons all fell between 247 Ma and 261
Ma (best estimate ages; Fig. 4) and their weighted mean was
254.2 ± 2.5 Ma (2σ). The Th/U ratio of each analysis was 0.44–
2.43 and fell in the range of igneous zircon, Th/U>0.1 (Rubattoand Hermann, 2003).
Andesitic tuff breccia of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member(Sample 12082601)
We obtained, in ERI, 14 analyses from 14 zircon grains
collected from sample 12082601 of the andesitic tuff brecciaof the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member, Motodo Formation. All
the data except one were concordant, with the % conc value
between 90 and 110. The 206 Pb/ 238 U ages of the concordantzircons all fell between 248 Ma and 281 Ma (best estimate ages;
Fig. 5a) and their weighted mean was 269.4 ± 6.2 Ma. The Th/
U ratio of each analysis was 0.40–1.05 and fell in the range of
igneous zircon. We interpreted that the zircons were divided into
two age groups on the concordia diagram and the older group (10grains) consisted of inherited or exotic zircons. We calculated
the concordia age of the younger group (3 grains); that was
253.0 ± 3.6 Ma (Fig. 5b).

We obtained, in NU, 77 analyses from 77 zircon grains
collected from sandstone sample 12082603 of the Wasadani
Conglomerate Member. Detrital zircons formed a single clusteron the concordia diagram at 308–248 Ma (Fig. 7a). We further
chose 74 concordant grains and drew a probability density plot
(Fig. 7b). The histogram of course showed a unimodal patternwith the youngest concordant age of 248.7 ± 8.8 Ma and %Pc(percentage of Precambrian zircons) of 0. The peak on theprobability density plot was 271 Ma. The Th/U ratio of eachanalysis was 0.40–1.64 and fell in the range of igneous zircon.
Sandstone of the Ashidani Formation (Sample 12111007)
We obtained 46 analyses from 46 zircon grains collected fromsample 12111007 of the Ashidani Formation in NU. Detrital
zircons formed a single cluster on the concordia diagram at
320–245 Ma (Fig. 8a). We further chose 34 concordant grains
and drew a probability density plot and a histogram with thedata interval of 50 Myr ( 206 Pb/ 238 U age; Fig. 8b). The diagrams
showed a unimodal pattern with the youngest concordant ageof 259.3 ± 9.4 Ma and %Pc of 0. The youngest peak on theprobability density plot was 272 Ma. The Th/U ratio of eachanalysis was 0.37–1.60 and fell in the range of igneous zircon.
Sandstone of the Otani Formation (Sample 12111003)
We obtained 17 analyses from 17 zircon grains collectedfrom sample 12111003 of the Otani Formation in NU. Detrital
zircons formed two clusters and two separate plots on theconcordia diagram (Fig. 9a, b): 270–235 Ma (53%), 520–430
Ma (35%), 1719 Ma (6%), and 2412 Ma (6%). We further chose
16 concordant grains and drew a probability density plot and ahistogram with the data interval of 50 Myr ( 206Pb/ 238 U age; Fig.
9c). The histogram showed a quasi-bimodal pattern with theyoungest concordant age of 237.4 ± 9.1 Ma and %Pc of 12. The
youngest peak in the probability density plot was 243 Ma. The
Th/U ratio of each analysis was 0.26–1.30 and fell in the rangeof igneous zircon.

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FIGURE 5. Analytical data of detrital zircons from andesitic tuff breccia of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member of the Motodo Formation (sample
12082601). a, Concordia diagram for all data; b, Concordia diagram for 265–240 Ma data set. The gray ellipse denotes the concordant age.

density plot and a histogram with the data interval of 50 Myr( 206 Pb/ 238 U age; Fig. 10c). The histogram showed a multimodal
pattern with the youngest concordant age of 113.8 ± 3.4 Ma and%Pc of 8. The youngest peak on the probability density plot was
104 Ma. The Th/U ratio of each analysis was 0.26–1.30 and fellin the range of igneous zircon.
DISCUSSION
Age of deposition of the Motodo Formation

FIGURE 6. Concordia diagram for all the analytical data of detrital
zircons from a granodiorite cobble of the Wasadani Conglomerate
Member of the Motodo Formation (sample 12082602).

Sandstone of the Hayama Formation (Sample 13042802)
We obtained 48 analyses from 48 zircon grains collected fromsample 13042802 of the Hayama Formation in NU. Detrital
zircons formed one cluster and four separate concordant plotson the concordia diagram (Fig. 10a, b). The cluster is 348–248
Ma (80%), whereas the separate concordant plots are at 114–104
Ma (6%), 203 Ma (6%), 557 Ma (6%), and 1535 Ma (2%).
We further chose 37 concordant grains and drew a probability

Although most of the previous studies suggested that theMotodo Formation is correlated with the Early Cretaceous
Kenseki Formation or Kanmon Group (e.g., Kobayashi, 1954;
Kawai et al., 1957; Ono et al., 2003; Matsumoto, 2012b), ourdata do not support the idea. Considering the pyroclastic or
volcaniclastic nature of the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member,the hinterland must have been an active volcanic terrain thatprobably supplied syn-sedimentary zircons. The two samples of
the Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member we studied, have a single
or younger age cluster at 254.2 ± 2.5 Ma (Sample 11110801)
and 253.0 ± 3.6 Ma (Sample 12082601), strongly suggestingthat the member is a product of a Late Permian volcanic activity(252.17–259.8 Ma; International Commission on Stratigraphy,2013).
The 206Pb/ 238U ages of the concordant zircons from thegranodiorite cobble of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member
all fell between 243 Ma and 264 Ma, with the weighted meanof 252.6 ± 3.6 Ma. The data indicate that the granodiorite
was crystallized in end Permian and was later supplied to thedepositional site of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member. The
detrital zircon ages of the matrix sandstone of the member

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FIGURE 7. Analytical data of detrital zircons from sandstone of the Wasadani Conglomerate Member of the Motodo Formation (sample 12082603). a,
Concordia diagram for all data; b, Probability density plot. Open (blue) circles in the concordia diagrams from Fig. 7 to Fig. 10 show the analytical datafor discordant grains.

FIGURE 8. Analytical data of detrital zircons from sandstone of the Ashidani Formation (sample 12111007). a, Concordia diagram for all data; b,
Probability density plot with histogram.

make a single age cluster between 248 Ma and 308 Ma, witha single peak in the probability density plot at 271 Ma. Thesegeochronological data from the Wasadani Conglomerate
Member indicate that the member is of Late Permian–Early
Triassic age or younger. However, considering the fact that
the Wasadani Conglomerate Member conformably covers the
Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member (Ono and Takeuchi, 2001) andthe latter member is a product of Late Permian volcanism in
the hinterland, we conclude that the Wasadani Conglomerate

Member is correlated with the Upper Permian–Lower Triassic.
Ono et al. (2003) reported CHIME zircon ages of 201 ± 20
Ma and 202 ± 30 Ma from granodiorite clasts of the Wasadani
Conglomerate Member. According to the paper, however, theisochron of 201 ± 20 Ma was strongly influenced by a couple ofspots with high UO 2 content that were likely on hydrothermallygrown parts of the zircons. Considering that (1) some 90
zircons from the Wasadani Conglomerate Member we analyzed
were all older than 243 Ma, and (2) the CHIME zircon ages

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FIGURE 9. Analytical data of detrital zircons from volcaniclastic sandstone of the Otani Formation (sample 12111003). a, Concordia diagram for all data; b,
Concordia diagram for 650–150 Ma data set; c, Probability density plot with histogram..

FIGURE 10. Analytical data of detrital zircons from red sandstone of the Hayama Formation (former Kenseki Formation; sample 13042802). a, Concordia
diagram for all data; b, Concordia diagram for 700–100 Ma data set; c, Probability density plot with histogram. Note the difference in the detrital zircon
age distribution from the sandstone of the Motodo Formation (Fig. 7).

tend to be younger than biostratigraphically constrained ages
(e.g., Suzuki et al., 1992), we suggest that CHIME zircon ages
should carefully be reexamined and cross checked with the ages
obtained from other methods .
Our preliminary study of the Lower Cretaceous Hayama
Formation shows some differences in detrital zircon
geochronology from the Motodo Formation. Although weanalyzed only 37 concordant zircons of the Hayama Formation,
they surely include 114–104 Ma (late Aptian–early Albian) andPrecambrian zircons besides 348–248 Ma zircons. Among theseage clusters, the 348–248 Ma cluster is close to the age clusterof the detrital zircons from the Wasadani Conglomerate Member(sample 12082603; 308–248 Ma). However the presence of
Early Cretaceous and Precambrian zircons in the Hayama
sandstone is negative evidence for the correlation between theMotodo and Hayama formations.
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formation as Omura (1968) first proposed. The Motodo
Formation cannot be correlated with the Lower Cretaceous
Kanmon Group, although the occurrence of red bed is a common
feature.
Age of deposition of the Ashidani Formation
Matsumoto (2012a) already presented from the SHRIMP
dating that the age of detrital zircons of the Ashidani Formation
clustered at 280–220 Ma and inferred that the Ashidani
Formation is of Triassic age. We also showed that the detrital
zircons from sample 12111007 of the Ashidani Formation forma single age-cluster at 320–245 Ma on the concordia diagram,with a single peak in the probability density plot at 272 Ma. Ourdata logically indicate that sample 12111007 of the Ashidani
Formation was deposited at 272 Ma or younger and support theidea of Matsumoto (2012a) that the Ashidani Formation is a
Triassic formation, although more critical data are needed.
Age of deposition of the Otani Formation
The detrital zircon geochronology of the volcaniclastic
sandstone of the Otani Formation indicates that the age ofdeposition of the formation is the Middle to Late Triassic.
The volcaniclastic sandstone of the Otani Formation contains
abundant fragments of andesitic volcanic rocks and theclasts of conglomerate of the Otani Formation are mainly of
andesite and basalt (Matsumoto, 2012b). Hence we interpretthat the hinterland of the Otani Formation must have been an
active volcanic terrain that supplied syn-sedimentary zircons.
The sample of volcaniclastic sandstone we studied (sample
12111003), has the youngest age cluster at 270–235 Ma,
strongly suggesting that the clasts of volcanic rocks in the Otani
Formation are products of a Late Permian to early Late Triassic
volcanic activity. The youngest concordant age of detrital zirconsof 237.4 ± 9.1 Ma or the youngest peak age on the probability
density plot of 243 Ma likely indicate the timing of deposition of
the Otani Formation in front of an active volcanic terrain. In thisway we suggest that the Otani Formation can be correlated with
the Middle Triassic.
The whole rock K-Ar age of 159.3 ± 8.0 Ma (Metal Mining
Agency of Japan, 1980) is evidence against our conclusion.
However, considering the heavy alteration of the Otani
Formation and Late Cretaceous thermal history (e.g.,
Matsumoto, 2012b), we interpret that the K-Ar age indicates anage of alteration or cooling.
Possible changes of tectonic setting of the Hida Gaien Belt in
Early–Middle Triassic times
Although the Paleozoic to Triassic geologic units in the
Kuzuryu area are mostly bound by faults or shear zones (Otoh etal., 2004; Matsumoto, 2012b) and do not preserve their original
succession, our data imply that the tectonic setting of the Hida
Gaien Belt may have changed in Early–Middle Triassic times.

The age distributions of detrital zircons in the Motodo andAshidani sandstone are unimodal, with no Precambrian zircons.
The unimodal age distribution suggests that the Motodo andAshidani sandstone was deposited apart from a large continental
block, because Precambrian zircons are generally concentrated
in the continental crust. Okawa et al. (2013, this volume) foundsimilar sandstones with unimodal zircon age distribution fromthe Permian–Lower Jurassic formations of the South Kitakami
Belt. They interpreted that the Permian–Lower Jurassic
formations were deposited along an oceanic island arc. Likewise
the Motodo and Ashidani sandstones, probably of Late Permian
to Early Triassic age, may have formed in an oceanic-island-arc
setting. The Otani sandstone, on the other hand, contains some
Paleoproterozoic zircons (1719 Ma, 2412 Ma) along with someyounger (520–430 Ma) zircons. The Otani sandstones, probablyof Middle Triassic age, may have formed along an active
continental margin where Paleoproterozoic basement rocks
and 520–430 Ma igneous rocks were exposed and andesitic
volcanism was active. The tectonic setting of the Hida Gaien
Belt may have changed in Early–Middle Triassic times from an
oceanic island arc to an active continental arc.
The present-day Hida Belt is a candidate for the active
continental arc behind the Hida Gaien Belt. However we do
not accept the idea, because (1) 520–430 Ma igneous rocks areabsent in the Hida Belt (Kunugiza and Kaneko, 2001) and (2)the chemical composition of the granitic gravel in the Otani
Formaition is significantly differs from that of the Hida Granite(Matsumoto, 2012b).
Comparison of the tectonic setting with the South Kitakami
Belt
The South Kitakami Belt records similar tectonic transition
with the Hida Gaien Belt, but the age of the transition was
different. As stated in the previous section, Okawa et al. (2013,
this volume) clarified that the Permian to Lower Jurassic
sandstones of the South Kitakami Belt show unimodal age
distribution of detrital zircons and interpreted that they were
deposited along an oceanic island arc. For example, the Lower
Triassic Osawa Formation of the Inai Group has a single agecluster at 324–243 Ma (Okawa et al., 2013, this volume).
Moreover the Inai Group bears some intercalations of red bed in
its lower horizons (Horikawa and Yoshida, 2006). These features
are common with the coeval Motodo Formation in the Hida
Gaien Belt, having a single age-cluster of detrital zircons at 308–
248 Ma, and bearing abundant red beds. The Motodo Formation
may have deposited in similar climatic and tectonic conditions
with the Inai Group.
In the South Kitakami Belt, the oceanic-island-arc setting
continued until Early Jurassic times. The unimodal agedistribution of detrital zircons remains up to the Lower Jurassic
Shizugawa Group, and the mixture of Paleoproterozoic zircons
become evident from Middle Jurassic beds. Thus the tectonic
transition of the South Kitakami Belt from an oceanic island
arc to a continental arc took place in the Early–Middle Jurassic,

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Gaien Belt.
Implications of the new evidence for Late Permian–Triassic
volcanism
As described in the introduction of this paper, there was noevidence for volcanism between the Middle Permian mafic tointermediate volcanism in the Sorayama Formation (Tsukada etal., 1999; Tsukada and Takahashi, 2000) and Late Triassic felsic
to intermediate volcanism in the Tandodani Formation (Tsukada
et al., 1997; Tsukada and Niwa, 2005). The Late Permian to
Triassic U-Pb ages from the pyroclastic and volcaniclastic rocksof the Motodo and Otani formations suggest, for the first time,that Late Permian to Triassic volcanic activities left impressions
to the Hida Gaien Belt. Combining the new evidence andthe results of previous studies listed in the introduction, it isconcluded that the Hida Gaien Belt holds evidence for continual
volcanism of Ordovician to Late Triassic times. During that
period of 270-Myr volcanism, significant tectonic transition froman oceanic island arc to the continental arc, or the amalgamationof oceanic island arc to a continental margin, may have takenplace in the Early–Middle Triassic.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Emeritus
Professor Kenji Konishi of Kanazawa University for his
encouragement to submit our work to this volume; and toProfessor Masaaki Shimizu and Associate Professor Kenji
Kashiwagi of the University of Toyama for various discussions
and instructions during the course of this study. Critical reviewsof the submitted manuscript by Professor Makoto Takeuchiof Nagoya University, Professor Keitaro Kunugiza of the
University of Toyama, Emeritus Professor Kenji Konishi, andDr. Hiroto Ichishima of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum
are greatly appreciated. This study was supported by the
Earthquake Research Institute (University of Tokyo) cooperative
research program 2013-G-04, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
25400484, and the discretionary budget of the President of the
University of Toyama.
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Akubaradani Valley ………… 悪原谷
Arakigawa Formation …… 荒城川層
Ashidani Formation ………… 芦谷層
Eda Conglomerate Member……………
……………………………枝礫岩部層
Fujikuradani Formation …… 藤倉谷層
Fukuji ……………………………福地
Hayama Formation…………… 羽山層
Hida Gaien Belt ………… 飛騨外縁帯
Hida granitoids ……… 飛騨花崗岩類
Hitoegane Formation …… 一重ケ根層
Ichinomata bridge ………… 一の又橋
Inai Group ………………… 稲井層群
Ise Metamorphic Rocks ………………
…………………………伊勢変成岩類
Iwatsubodani Formation…… 岩坪谷層

Kagero Formation …………… 影路層
Kamianama Formation …… 上穴馬層
Kanmon Group …………… 関門層群
Kenseki Formation …………… 硯石層
Konogidani Formation …… 此木谷層
Konogidani Valley …………… 此木谷
Kumokawa Conglomerate Member……
…………………………雲川礫岩部層
Kumokawa River ……………… 雲川
Kuzuryu Dam …………… 九頭竜ダム
Kuzuryu ……………………… 九頭竜
Lake Kuzuryu-ko ………… 九頭竜湖
Mizuyagadani Formation…水屋ヶ谷層
Motodo Formation …………… 本戸層
Mt. Washikuradake…………… 鷲鞍岳
Nagano Formation …………… 長野層

Nakajima Tuff Breccia Member ………
…………………中島凝灰角礫岩部層
Naradani ………………………… 楢谷
Nariwa Town ………………… 成羽町
Oguradani Formation ……… 小椋谷層
Okayama Prefecture ………… 岡山県
Osawa Formation …………… 大沢層
Otani Formation ……………… 大谷層
Sasogawa River ……………… 笹生川
Shibasudani Formation … 子馬巣谷層
Shimagigawa River…………… 島木川
Sorayama Formation ………… 空山層South Kitakami Belt …… 南部北上帯
Takahashi City ……………… 高梁市
Wasadani Conglomerate Member ……
………………………早稲谷礫岩部層