Togechaya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

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Togechaya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Correlation: Hinomiya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member

Climate: Cool
Lithofacies: Peat, Clay, Interbedded sands and mud
Lithofacies (Basal): Gravels

Thickness: ca. 20 - 30 m
Thickness (Basal): ca. 10 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Kureha Pyroclastic Member, Kitadai Sand member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Kurehayama Gravel Bed)

Imizu Formation (Mount Kureha, Toyama pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Kureha Pyroclastic Member / Kitadai Sand member
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Togechaya Gravel, Sand and Mud Alternation Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kureha tunnel - Togechaya - Nakachaya, Toyama city, Toyama pref.
Fossils (Plants): Chamaecyparis pisifera, Fagus cf. crenata, Juglans manshurica, Picea jezoensis, Phellodendron amurensis, Pinus koraiensis, Prunus maximowiczii, Sapindus mukurosi, Sapium sebiferum, Thuja standishii, Trapa macropoda, Trapa maximowiczii, Tsuga diversifolia

Sakamoto (1963) Toyama, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 45p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)