Kakunomaesaka Alternation Member

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Kakunomaesaka Alternation Member

Coherent formation
Cretaceous

Sedimentary facies:
Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and shale
Lithofacies (Minor): Conglomerate

Thickness: 80 - 100 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Itsuki Formation)
Lower limit: Transitional (Dosaiyama Conglomerate Member)

Itoshiro Subgroup (Ono, Fukui pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Itsuki Formation
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Kakunomaesaka Alternation Member
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Dosaiyama Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

Tetori Group
[ Upper ]
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Akaiwa Subgroup
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Itoshiro Subgroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Katsurajimagawa river - Yugami - Shimoyama - Hakogase - Sazura - Kakunomaesaka - Asahimaesaka - Chinabora, Ono city, Fukui pref.

Kawai (1964) Neo, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 12p.)
Kawai et al. (1957) Arashimadake, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 110p. (in Japanese with English abstract 13p.)