Hinomiya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

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Hinomiya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Correlation: Togechaya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

Sedimentary facies: Freshwater
Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sands and mud
Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels

Thickness: ca. 30 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Taikoyama Pyroclastic Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Aoidani Mudstone Member)

Imizu Formation (Imizu, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Taikoyama Pyroclastic Member
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Hinomiya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Shogenji - Hirano, Imizu city, Toyama pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Cristaria plicata spatiosa
Fossils (Plants): Fagus cf. crenata, Juglans manshurica, Sapindus mukurosi, Sapium sebiferum, Sciadopitys varticillata, Styrax japonica, Trapa macropoda, Trapa maximowiczii

Sakamoto (1963) Toyama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 45p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)