Inagawa Formation

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Inagawa Sandstone Member

Coherent formation
late Pliocene - early Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Sedimentary facies: Channel-fill deposit
Lithofacies: Sandstone
Paleocurrent: from North

Thickness: 0 - 100 m or thicker

Nishiyama Formation
[ Upper ]
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Main part
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Inagawa Sandstone Member
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Hamatsuda facies
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[ Lower ]

Niigata plain - Takada plain, Niigata pref.
[ Upper ]
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Haizume Formation
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Nishiyama Formation
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Shiiya Formation
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Teradomari Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Takada plain - Niigata plain, Niigata pref.

Tanabe (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.9, pp.311-323, DOI
Takano (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.4, pp.238-258 DOI
Kobayashi et al. (2010) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.116, no.11, pp.XVII-XVIII
Kobayashi et al. (1993) Geology of the Izumozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)