Nishikomono Member

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Nishikomono Member Yoshida, 1984

Type locality: Nishikomono, Komono city, Mie county, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Transitional: Yunoyama Gravel Facies

Lithofacies: Sand-dominant interbedded sands and clay
Lithofacies (Minor): Silt
Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratification, Cross stratification

Thickness: ca. 40 - 80 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Shukuno Member)

Sakuramura Formation (south Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Nishikomono Member
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Shukuno Member
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Sakuradai Member
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Ranpi Member
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Uchiyama Member
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[ Lower ]

Tokai Group (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Sakuramura Formation
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Kameyama Formation
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Kusuhara Formation
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Saigyodani Formation
?--?--?--?--?-
[ 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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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Nishikomono - Mitakigawa river, Komono town, Mie county, Mie pref.: Shukuno, Yokkaichi city, Mie pref.

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.)
Harayama et al. (1989) Geology of the Gozaishoyama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 145p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
Yoshida (1984) Geology of the Yokkaichi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 81p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)