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Sakasagawa Formation

• Accretionary complex
• Accretion: ealy Miocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and shale
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding, Flute cast, Slump structure
• Paleocurrent: from East - Southeast

• Thickness: 150 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity (Takisawa Formation)

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

• Distribution: Sakasagawa, Shizuoka city, Shizuoka pref.

• Sugiyama et al. (1982) Geology of the Shizuoka District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 82p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)