Higashitanihata Conglomerate Member

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Higashitanihata Conglomerate Member Itoigawa, 1961

Type locality: Higashitanihata, Nenobi, Iga city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
First Seto Inland Sea
Sedimentary basin in island arc
Miocene

Lithofacies: Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Siltstone
Sedimentary structures: Channel structure

Thickness: ca. 80 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Nenobi Granule Conglomerate Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Ryoke Belt)

Awa Group
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Makino Pebbly Mudstone Member
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Hiramatsu Sandstone and Siltstone Member
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Nenobi Granule Conglomerate Member
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Higashitanihata Conglomerate Member
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First Setouchi Supergroup (Awa basin, Mie pref.)
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Awa Group
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[ Lower ]

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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Higashitanihata, Nenobi - Lake Tashiroike - Mount Reizan, Iga city, Mie pref.

Yoshida et al. (1995) Geology of the Tsu-Seibu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 136p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)