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Akabane Member

Invalid synonym: Akabane Silt Facies

• Type locality: Nakamura, Akabane town, Tahara city, Aichi prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (MIS 5e)

• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Shallow marine
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: Incised valley-fill deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Mud
• Lithofacies (Lower): Sands, Gravels

• Thickness: ca. 10 m
• Thickness (Upper): ca. 6 m
• Thickness (Lower): 6 m or thinner
• Upper limit: Conformity (Wakami Member), Transitional (Noda Formation)

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

• Distribution: Akabane town - Wakami - Otto - Noda town - Ikejiri town, Tahara city, Aichi pref.
• Fossils: Echinoids, Barnacles, Trace fossils
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Nassarius clathratus, Psmmotreta praerupta, Trisidos kiyonoi
• Fossils (Plants): Abies firma, Mallotus japonicus, Melia azedarach, Pinus thunbergii, Sapium sebiferum
• Fossils (Pollen): Alnus sp., Diploxylon sp., Fagus sp., Quercus (Lepidobalanus) sp.

• Nakashima et al. (2010) Geology of the Iragomisaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
• Nakashima et al. (2008) Geology of the Toyohashi and Tahara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 113p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)