Tenno Sand Member

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Tenno Sand Member

Type locality: Tenno town, Kakegawa city, Shizuoka prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - early Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Sedimentary facies: Forearc basin (Sagara-Kakegawa Basin) deposit
Lithofacies: Sands
Lithofacies (Minor): Silt, Interbedded sands and mud

Thickness: 0 - ca. 70 m

Lower Kakegawa Formation
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Tenno Sand Member
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Dainichi Sand Member
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[ Lower ]

Kakegawa Group (Kakegawa, Shizuoka pref.)
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Soga Formation
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Upper Kakegawa Formation
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Lower Kakegawa Formation
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Tenno town, Kakegawa city, Shizuoka pref.
Fossils: Foraminifera (Baggina totomiensis)
Fossils (Shellfishes): Amussiopecten praesignis, Glycymeris rotunda, Nassaria magnifica

Makiyama and Sakamoto (1957) Mitsuke & Kakezuka, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 43p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)