Shiotani Sandstone Member

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Shiotani Sandstone Member

Coherent formation
early - late Miocene
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Joyama Mudstone Member

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone

Thickness: ca. 100 m

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.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Conus sp., Dentalium sp., Lucinoma sp., Macoma sp., Natica janthostoma, Ostrea sp., Polinices sp., Portlandia sp., Tellina? sp., Yoldia sp.

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.)