Susuki Mudstone

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Susuki Mudstone Iketani and Horie, 1982

Type locality: Susuki, Makinohara city, Shizuoka prefecture
Coherent formation
middle Miocene - Pliocene
Correlation: Hirugaya Alternation, lower Yokobuna Mudstone

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Sedimentary facies: Forearc basin (Sagara-Kakegawa Basin) deposit
Lithofacies: Siltstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone

Thickness: 350 - 450 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Sagara Alternation)
Lower limit: Conformity (Jitogata Alternation)

Sagara Group (Western part)
[ Upper ]
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Hagima Conglomerate
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Oyori Mudstone
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Hirugaya Alternation
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Sugegaya Alternation
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[ Lower ]

Sagara Group (Central part)
[ Upper ]
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Hiki Alternation
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Ogane Mudstone
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Sagara Alternation
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Yokobuna Mudstone
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[ Lower ]

Sagara Group (Eastern part)
[ Upper ]
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Omaezaki Alternation
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Sagara Alternation
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Susuki Mudstone
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Jitogata Alternation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Susuki - Ochii - Ondo, Makinohara city, Shizuoka pref.; Shinkango - Shirowa, Omaezaki city, Shizuoka pref.
Fossils: Sponges (Sagarites chitanii), Calcareous nannofossils
Fossils (Foraminifera): Neogloboquadrina acostaensis

Sugiyama et al. (1988) Geology of the Omaezaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 153p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)