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Uchiyama Formation Takeuchi et al., 2015

• Type locality: Junikanno flume, Left bank of Kurobe river, Toyama prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Early - Late Cretaceous (110 - 96.6 Ma, FT, U-Pb)
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Shiritakayama Formation
• Correlation: Akahageyama Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies (Upper, Main): Sandstone, Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Andesitic tuff, Rhyolitic tuff
• Lithofacies (Middle): Rhyolitic rocks
• Lithofacies (Lower, Main): Rhyolitic tuff
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Rhyolitic tuff breccia, Mudstone
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate

• Thickness: 360 - 500 m
• Upper limit: Conformity
• Lower limit: Unconformity

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

• Distribution: Mount Ochi - Sasakomata valley, Asahi city, Toyama pref.; Mount Oitsurushi, Nyuzen city, Toyama pref.

• Takeuchi et al. (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.7, pp.193-216, DOI
• Takeuchi et al. (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.1, pp.1-17 DOI