Kuriyazawa Sandstone Member

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Kuriyazawa Sandstone Member Ozawa and Sumi, 1961

Type locality: Kuriyazawa, Mamurogawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Correlation (Same): Ogawauchi Tuffaceous Sandstone Member

Sedimentary facies: Marine (Shellfish fossils)
Lithofacies: Sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Mudstone

Thickness: 100 - 150 m
Upper limit: Bottom of the volcaniclastic rocks dominant horizon
Upper limit: Transitional (Sekizawa Tuff Member)
Lower limit: Bottom of Sandstone-dominant horizon
Lower limit: Transitional (Haruki Tuff Member, Hasshikidai Mudstone Member), Conformity (Awanotaki Tuff Breccia Member)

Kamabuchi Formation
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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)
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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: Kuriyazawa, Mamurogawa city, Mogami county, Yamagata pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Lucinoma acutilineata, Macoma sp.

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.)