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Nozaki Siltstone Member

• Coherent formation
• Pliocene
• Correlation: Sakiyama Siltstone Member, Himi Group

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Siltstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Marl

• Thickness: 30 - 50 m

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

• Distribution: Cape Katsuozaki - Unoura - Nagasaki - Nozaki - Sazaejima island, Matsushima island - Ryojima island, Nanao city, Ishikawa pref.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Acila sp., Glycymeris sp., Turritella saishuensis

• Imai (1965) Koguchiseto, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 26p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)