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Murakami Siltstone Member

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Nakagawa Sandstone Member

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Sandy siltstone
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Clay
• Lithofacies (Lower): Siltstone, Sandstone

• Thickness: ca. 70 m
• Thickness (Upper): ca. 40 m
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 30 m
• Lower limit: Conformity (Yabuta Siltstone Member)

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

• Distribution: Himi city, Toyama pref.
• Fossils: Shellfishes

• 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.)