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Nishibyodogawa Mudstone

• Type locality: Nishibyodogawa river, Kamiiwashita, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• late Miocene

• Sedimentary facies: under water
• Lithofacies: Mudstone

• Thickness: 3 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Kamiiwashita Lava)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Tokuwa type)

------ Transitional, ~~~~~~ Intrusive, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Nishibyodogawa river, Kamiiwashita, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi pref.

• Mimura et al. (1984) Geology of the Mitake-Shosenkyo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 61p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)