Sakiyama Siltstone Member

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Sakiyama Siltstone Member

Coherent formation
Pliocene
Correlation: Nozaki Siltstone Member, Yabuta Formation

Sedimentary facies: Marine

Lithofacies: Siltstone, Sandstone

Lithofacies (Lower): Calcareous sandstone, Marl

Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): TuffCalcareous sandstone, Siltstone

Thickness: ca. 200 m

Thickness (Lower): ca. 150 m

Lower limit: Conformity (Akasaki Siltstone Member)

Himi Formation (Sakiyama peninsula, Ishikawa pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Sakiyama Siltstone Member
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Akasaki - Unoura - Kayado - Matsuo - Himuro, Nanao city, Ishikawa pref.
Fossils (Omma-Manganji fauna): Acila divaricata, Conchocele nipponica, Glycymeris yessoensis, turritella saishuensis, Turritella saishuensis motidukii

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.)