Hokke Formation

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Hokke Member Kawabe, 1986

Type locality: Shirakashi, Iga city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Interbedded silt, clay, sands and gravles
Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Cross stratification

Thickness: 90 m or thicker
Lower limit: Transitional (Ishiuchi Member)

Iga Formation (Hananoki, Mie pref.)
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Hokke Member
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Ishiuchi 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: Shirakashi - Ikejiri, Iga city, Mie pref.
Fossils: Plant roots
Tephra: Shirakashi I, Shirakashi II, Jisonji, Hokke I, Hokke II, Hokke III, Hokke IV

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.)