Kakefuda Sandstone Member

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Kakefuda Sandstone Member Kubo and Suzuki, 1950

Invalid synonym: upper Taniguchi Formation

Coherent formation
Miocene

Lithofacies: Sandstone, Siltstone, Mudstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Coal
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification
Paleocurrent: South to North, Southeast to Northwest

Thickness: ca. 200 - 500 m or thicker
Upper limit: Interfingered (Takabatake Conglomerate Member)
Lower limit: Transitional (Sekidosan Conglomerate Member), Unconformity (Anamizu Formation)

Kakefuda Sandstone Member
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Upper part
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Kunimi Mudstone Member
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Lower part
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[ Lower ]

Yatsuo Group (Kashima, Ishikawa pref.)
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Takabatake Conglomerate Member
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Kakefuda Sandstone Member
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Kunimi Mudstone Member
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[ Lower ]

Yatsuo Group (Nadaura, Toyama pref.)
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Nakanami Mudstone Member
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Kakefuda Sandstone Member
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Sekidosan Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kashima, Ishikawa pref.; Harayama pass - Kakefuda - Terao - Kue - Isobe, Himi city, Toyama pref.
Fossils: Elephants (Stegodon pseudolatidens)
Fossils (Shellfishes): Chlamys sp., Crassatellites sp., Pullenia sp.
Fossils (Foraminifera): Bathysiphon? sp., Cyclammina incisa, Cyclammina pusilia, Globigerina sp., Haplophragmoides cf. emaciata, Martmottiella communis, Miliammina echigoensis, Miogypsina kotoi, Operculina complanata japonica

Imai et al. (1966) Geology of the Ochigata and Abugashima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 67p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)