Kannonyama Member

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Kannonyama Member Suzuki et al., 1948

Type locality: Mount Kannonyama, Seki town, Kameyama city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
First Seto Inland Sea
Sedimentary basin in island arc
Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Gravel-bearing sandstone, Sandstone
Lithofacies (Minor): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
Sedimentary structures (Minor): Cross stratification

Thickness: ca. 500 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Hagiwara Sandstone and Siltstone Member)
Lower limit: Transitional (Fudesute Member)

Middle Formation (Seki town, Mie pref.)
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Hagiwara Sandstone and Siltstone Member
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Kannonyama Member
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Fudesute 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: Mount Kannonyama, Seki town, Kameyama city, Mie pref.

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.)