Azuma Formation

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Azuma Formation Kawakami and Shishikura, 2006

Type locality: Sorogawa river, Azuma, Kamogawa city, Chiba prefecture
Coherent formation
middle Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and siltstone
Lithofacies (Lower): Siltstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and siltstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Scoria

Thickness: 200 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Hota Group)

Minamiboso Group
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Kagamigaura Formation
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Hedate Formation
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Koura Formation
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Kohama Formation
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Haraoka Formation
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Ishido Formation
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Azuma Formation
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Iwaibukuro Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

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

Distribution: Sorogawa river, Azuma, Kamogawa city, Chiba pref.
Fossils: Radiolarians

Takahashi et al. (2016) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.122, no.8, pp.375-395, DOI
Kawakami and Shishikura (2006) Geology of the Tateyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 82p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)