Amg slump

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Amg slump

Coherent formation
Forearc basin sediments
Pliocene

Lithofacies:
Sedimentary structures: Slump structures

Thickness: 3 - 6 m
Upper limit: An117
Lower limit: An116

Anno Formation
[ Upper ]
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Kunawa Sandstone Member
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Sak slump
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Amg slump
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Tkw slump
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Tak slump
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[ Lower ]

Awa Group (Western part)
[ Upper ]
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Anno Formation
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Kiyosumi Formation
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Amatsu Formation
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Kinone Formation
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Sakuma Formation
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[ Lower ]

Awa Group (Eastern part)
[ Upper ]
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Anno Formation
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Kiyosumi Formation
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Amatsu Formation
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Kinone Formation
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Kanigawa Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
Fukawa Formation
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[ Lower ]

Mineoka Belt (Boso peninsula)
[ Upper ]
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Awa Group / Minamiboso Group
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Hota Group
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Mineoka Group
?--?--?--?--?-
[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Iwamoto - Takagogawa river - Honoki, Futtsu city, Chiba pref.

Nakajima and Watanabe (2005) Geology of the Futtsu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 102p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)