Ishiyama Sandstone Member

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Ishiyama Sandstone Member Suzuki et al., 1948

Synonym: Ishiyama Member

Type locality: Ishiyama-Kannon temple, Geino town, Tsu city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
First Seto Inland Sea
Sedimentary basin in island arc
Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Siltstone

Thickness: ca. 200 - 250 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Himetani Sandstone and Siltstone Member)
Lower limit: Transitional (Hagiwara Member)

Upper Formation
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Himetani Sandstone and Siltstone Member
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Ishiyama Sandstone Member
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Suzuka Group
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Upper Formation
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Middle Formation
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Lower Formation
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First Setouchi Supergroup (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Suzuka 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: Ishiyama-Kannon temple, Geino town, Tsu city, Mie pref.; Himedani valley - Hagiwaradani valley, Seki town, Kameyama 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.)
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.)