Katada Clay Member

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Katada Clay Member Yoshida, 1987

Type locality: Takatsuka hills, Katadatanaka town, Tsu city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Clay
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Silt
Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification

Thickness: 20 - 40 m

Kameyama Formation
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Katada Clay Member
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[ Lower ]

Tokai Group (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Sakuramura Formation
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Kameyama Formation
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Kusuhara Formation
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Saigyodani Formation
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Tokai Group (Tsu, Mie pref.)
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Kameyama Formation
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Oyama Formation
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Matsusaka Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Mie pref. - Aichi pref.)
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Tokai 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: Takatsuka hills - Hase hills, Tsu city, Mie pref.
Fossils: family Cyprinidae
Tephra: Akogi

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.)
Yoshida (1987) Geology of the Tsu-Tobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)