Kuragari Formation

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Kuragari Formation Matsui, 1943

Type locality: Kuragari, Inabe town, Inabe city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Fluvio-lacustrine basin including Lake Tokai
Pliocene
Transitional: upper Ichinohara Formation

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Sedimentary facies: Braided river
Lithofacies: Gravels, Sands, Mud
Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification
Paleocurrent: from Northeast to Southwest, from North to South

Thickness: ca. 40 - 200 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Oizumi Formation), Unconformity (Chikarao Formation, Higher II Terrace Deposits)
Lower limit: Transitional (Ichinohara Formation, Kono Formation)

Tokai Group (Inabe, Mie pref.)
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Komeno Formation
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Oizumi Formation
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Ichinohara Formation / Kuragari Formation
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Kono Formation
'''''''/,,,,,,
Biroku Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Mie pref. - Aichi pref.)
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Tokai Group
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[ 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: Kuragari, Inabe town, Inabe city, Mie pref.
Tephra: Ninose Tephra, Bando I Tephra, Bando II Tephra

Yoshida et al. (1991) Geology of the Kuwana District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 154p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
Yoshida (1984) Geology of the Yokkaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 81p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)