Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member

Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member (Ikebe, 1949)

Invalid synonym: Singu Conglomerate Member

Type locality: Shingu river, Shio - Oiwake pass, Hodatsushimizu city, Hakui county, Ishikawa prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Sogo Alternation of Tuffaceous Sandstone and Mudstone Member, Fuchigaya Tuff, Goi Mudstone Member

Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
Lithofacies: Interbedded conglomerate and sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Mudstone, Siltstone
Sedimentary structures: Cross-stratification, Slump structures

Source: Northwest - West
Thickness: ca. 200 - 400 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Mio Sandstone Member), Interfingered (Nakanami Mudstone Member)

Yatsuo Group (Himi, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Mio Sandstone Member
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Nakanami Mudstone Member
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Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Shio - Hashiri - Shingu - Shoshihara, Hodatsushimizu city, Hakui county, Ishikawa pref.; Oiwake pass, Oshimizu, Hodatsushimizu city, Hakui county, Ishikawa pref.

Sumi et al. (1989) Geology of the Isurugi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
Imai et al. (1966) Geology of the Ochigata and Abugashima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 67p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)