Okabe Tuffaceous Sandstone

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Okabe Tuffaceous Sandstone Kato et al., 1983

Coherent formation
Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Tuffaceous sandstone

Thickness: ca. 3 m

Utsumi Formation
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Upper part
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Okabe Tuffaceous Sandstone
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Lower part
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Nakiri Tuffaceous Sandstone
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[ Lower ]

Morozaki Group
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Utsumi Formation
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Yamami Formation
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Toyohama Formation
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Himaka Formation
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[ Lower ]

First Setouchi Supergroup (Aichi pref.)
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Morozaki Group
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Okabe, Minamichita city, Chita county, Aichi pref.

Kondo and Kimura (1987) Geology of the Morozaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 93p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)