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Ayama Formation Kawabe, 1989

• Type locality: Tamataki, Iga city, Mie prefecture - Nogawa, Konan town, Koka city, Shiga prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pliocene (3.1 - 2.8 Ma)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Sedimentary facies: Wide and deep lake
• Lithofacies: Interbedded clay and sands

• Thickness: ca. 70 - 130 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Koka Formation)
• Lower limit: Conformity (Tsuge Member)

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

• Distribution: Hananoki hills - Oyamada - Tamataki, Iga city, Mie pref.; Nogawa, Konan town, Koka city, Shiga pref.
• Tepha: Jisonji Tuff Bed (Yubune Tuff Bed), Hokke II Tuff Bed, Masugi Tuff Bed, Tamataki Tuff Bed

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