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Rendaiji Conglomerate Member (Naruse et al., 1951) Kotake, 1988

• Type locality: Rendaiji, Kitaasai, Chikura village, Minamiboso city, Chiba prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Trench fill sediments, Landward slope basin of trench
• Pliocene - Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Middle): Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded siltstone and conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Minor): Siltstone
• Sedimentary structures: Slump structures

• Thickness: 250 m
• Thickness (Middle): ca. 50 m
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 20 m

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

• Distribution: Oikura, Chikura village, Minamiboso city, Chiba pref.
• Fossils: Calyptogena sp., Foraminifera, Radiolarians, Diatoms, Calcareous nannofossils

• Utagawa et al. (2017) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.123, no.11, pp.969-976 DOI
• Okada et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.2, pp.97-108 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.)