Jinbu Member

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Jimbu Member Suzuki et al., 1948

Type locality: Jinbudanigawa river, Jinbu, Kabuto, Kameyama city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
First Seto Inland Sea
Sedimentary basin in island arc
Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
Lithofacies (Upper): Sandstone
Lithofacies (Middle): Sandstone-dominant interbedded sandstone and mudstone
Lithofacies (Lower): Gravel-bearing interbedded sandstone and mudstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Coal
Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification

Thickness: 360 m or thicker
Lower limit: Transitional (Kajigasaka Member)

Middle Formation (east Kabuto, Mie pref.)
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Jimbu Member
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Mukai Facies
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[ Lower ]

Middle Formation (Kabuto, Mie pref.)
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Jimbu Member
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Kajigasaka Member
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Itaya Member
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[ Lower ]

Middle Formation (west Kabuto, Mie pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Jimbu Member
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Kajigasaka Member
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Osomaike Facies
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[ Lower ]

Suzuka Group
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Upper Formation
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Middle Formation
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Lower Formation
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[ Lower ]

First Setouchi Supergroup (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Suzuka Group
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[ Lower ]

[ Upper ]
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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: Jinbu - Minamizaike, Kabuto, Kameyama city, Mie pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Arconia hosonoi, Cristaria kuboi, Viviparus uryuensis kosasanus

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.)