Kashinoki Conglomerate Member

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Kashinoki Conglomerate Member

Type locality: Kashinoki, Oyama town, Toyama city, Toyama prefecture
Coherent formation
early - late Miocene
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Kurosedani Formation

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Mudstone, Lapilli tuff, Lignite, Augite olivine basaltic andesite lava
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratificaiton

Thickness: ca. 100 - 500 m or thicker
Upper limit: Transitional (Zasunbo Alternation of Conglomerate, Sandstone and Mudstone Member), Conformity (Tochizu Alternation of Sandstone and Mudstone Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Iwaine Formation)

Yatsuo Group (Gohyakkoku, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Tochizu Alternation of Sandstone and Mudstone Member
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Kashinoki Conglomerate Member
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Iozen Formation
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Iwaine Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kashinoki - Mount Sarukurayama - Jike, Toyama city, Toyama pref.
Fossils: Silicified woods

Sakamoto and Nozawa (1960) Yatsuo, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
Nozawa and Sakamoto (1960) Gohyakkoku, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)