Aburahi Member

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Aburahi Member (Yokoyama et al., 1968 ex Ikebe, 1934) Kawabe, 1981

Invalid synonym: Aburahi Sands Member

Type locality: Tsuge station - Yamanotagawa river, Tsuge, Iga city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Sands, Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Silt

Thickness: ca. 30 - 250 m or thicker
Upper limit: Conformity (Tsuge Member, Sayama Formation)
Lower limit: Conformity (Makiyama Member), Abut unconformity (Granite)

Iga Formation (Ayama, Mie pref.)
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Tsuge Member
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Aburahi Member
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Kobiwako Group
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Takashima Formation
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Katata Formation
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Kusatsu Formation
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Gamo Formation
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Koka Formation
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Ayama Formation
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Iga Formation
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Ueno Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
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Kobiwako 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: Tsuge station - Yamanotagawa river - Kosugi - Nakatomoda - Yufune - Oyamada, Iga city, Mie pref.; Aburahi - Isoo - Miyamaguchi - Ichiino, Koka city, Shiga pref.
Fossils: Stegodon? sp.
Tephra: Yakeo I, Yakeo II, Wada, Nakatomoda, Kamitomoda

Nakano et al. (2003) Geology of the Minakuchi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 83p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)
Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
Ishida et al. (1984) Geology of the Hikone-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
Miyamura et al. (1981) Geology of the Kameyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 128p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)