Kanzaka Mudstone Member

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Kanzaka Mudstone Member (Matsuda and Mizuno, 1955) Ozaki and Sugiyama, 2018

Type locality: Ichinose station - Kanzaka pass, Minobu city, Minamikoma county, Yamanashi prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Intruded by: Hornblende andesite, Basalt - Dolerite dikes - sills

Sedimentary facies (Bottom, Basalt): Sheet flow
Depth of water (Upper): Abbyssal (shallower than CCD)
Depth of water (Lower): Abbyssal (deeper than CCD)
Lithofacies: Mudstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Mudstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Tuffaceous sandstone, Dacite tuff
Lithofacies (Bottom): Alkaline olivine basalt, Dolerite
Lithofacies (Bottom): Basalt lava, Volcanic breccia, Hyaloclastite
Sedimentary structures: Slump structure, Graded bedding, Parallel stratification, Cross stratification

Thickness: ca. 300 - 850 m
Thickness (Basalt): Several - some dozen m
Upper limit: Interfingered (Wadaira Tuff Member), Conformity (Kamiisshiki Volcanic Breccia Member, Tsukimibashi Volcaniclastic Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Furusekigawa Formation)

Tokiwa Formation
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Byobuiwa Tuff Member
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Deguchi Sandstone and Mudstone Member
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Tsukimibashi Volcaniclastic Member
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Kamiisshiki Volcanic Breccia Member
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Wadaira Tuff Member
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Kanzaka Mudstone Member
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Ichinose Formation
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Onazaka Tuff Member
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Shoji Basalt and Mudstone Member
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Kanzaka Mudstone Member
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[ Lower ]

Nishiyatsushiro Group (eastern Minobu, Yamanashi pref.)
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Tokiwa Formation
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Furusekigawa Formation
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Nishiyatsushiro Group (western Kofu, Yamanashi pref.)
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Kawaguchi Formation
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Ashigawa Formation / Ichinose Formation
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Tokiwa - Ichinose - Misawa - Kanzaka, Minobu city, Minamikoma county, Yamanashi pref.; Iwama - Miyahara - Iwashita, Ichikawamisato city, Nishiyatsushiro county, Yamanashi pref.
Fossils: Gymnosomata

Ozaki and Sugiyama (2018) Geology of the Minobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 169p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
Katada (1956) Kofu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 27p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)