Mitani Mudstone Member

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Mitani Mudstone Member

Coherent formation
early - late Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Mudstone
Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Conglomerate

Thickness: 0 - ca. 150 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Wadagawabashi Conglomerate Member, Tenguyama Sandstone Member)
Lower limit: Conformity (Joyama Mudstone Member)

Yatsuo Group (Higashitonami, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Mitani Mudstone Member
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Joyama Mudstone Member / Shiotani Sandstone Member
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Kurosedani Formation
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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: Wadagawa river, Toyama city, Toyama pref.; Mitani, Tonami city, Toyama pref.
Fossils: Radiolarians

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.)