Kaidate Sandstone Member

Coherent formation
Middle Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sand

Upper limit: Interfingered
Lower limit: Unconformity (Kawachi Formation)

Sawane Formation (by Endo, 1986)
[ Upper ]
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Sawane Formation, Main member
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Kaidate Sandstone Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Sawane village, Sado city, Niigata pref.

Ishida et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.8, pp.476-492 DOI