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Upper Teradomari Formation

• Coherent formation
• Miocene
• Correlation: Minakuchi Member, Taruda Formation, Matsunoyama Formation, Nechi Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Distal turbidite, Hemipelagic
• Lithofacies: Mudstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and mudstone

• Lower limit: Nz Tephra, Lithology or Foraminifera zones

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

• Distribution: Takada plain, Niigata pref.

• Takano (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, no.4, pp.238-258 DOI