Shinzan Diatomaceous Mudstone Member

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Shinzan Diatomaceous Mudstone Member

Siliceous rock-dominant facies. It is not admitted as a member now.

Type locality: Kamishinzan, Oga city, Akita prefecture
Coherent formation
middle - late Miocene (ca. 10.0 - ? Ma)
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Hirasawa Diatomaceous Mudstone Member

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Diatomaceous mudstone

Upper limit: Conformity (Minamihirasawa Formation)

Onnagawa Formation (Kamishinzan)
[ Upper ]
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Shinzan Diatomaceous Mudstone Member / Hirasawa Diatomaceous Mudstone Member
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[ Lower ]

Oga peninsula
[ Upper ]
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Onnagawa Formation
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Nishikurosawa Formation
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Daijima Formation
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Nomuragawa Formation
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Monzen Formation
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Akashima Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kamishinzan, Oga city, Akita pref.
Fossils: Diatoms

Kano et al. (2011) Geology of the Toga and Funakawa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 127p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
Fujimoto et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.51-74 DOI