Kamabuchi Formation

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Kamabuchi Formation Ozawa and Sumi, 1961

Type locality: Shione river, Mamurogawa city - Haruki river, Kaneyama city, Mogami county, Yamagata prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Correlation: Funakawa Formation, Furukuchi Formation
Intruded by: Andesite, Basalt, Dolerite

Lithofacies: Mudstone, Sandstone, Dacite tuff, Andesite volcaniclastic rocks

Thickness: ca. 350 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Mamurogawa Formation)
Lower limit: Transitional (Otaki Formation)

Kamabuchi Formation
[ Upper ]
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Sekizawa Tuff Member
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Kuriyazawa Sandstone Member
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Ushirokawa Tuff Breccia Member / Awanotaki Tuff Breccia Member
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Haruki Tuff Member / Hasshikidai Mudstone Member
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[ Lower ]

Uzen-Kaneyama (Western)
[ Upper ]
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Mamurogawa Formation
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Kamabuchi Formation
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Otaki Formation
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Kaneyama Formation
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Nozoki Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Shione river, Mamurogawa city - Haruki river, Kaneyama city, Mogami county, Yamagata pref.
Fossils: Shellfishes

Ozawa and Sumi (1961) Uzenkaneyama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)