Ryoshudani Member

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Ryoshudani Member

Type locality: Ryoshudani - Maruyama, Iga city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Silt, Clay
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Gravels

Thickness: ca. 50 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Ichibe Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Younger Ryoke Granitoids)

Ueno Formation (Ueno, Mie pref.)
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Tomono Member
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Ichibe Member
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Ryoshudani Member
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Kobiwako Group
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Takashima Formation
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Katata Formation
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Kusatsu Formation
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Gamo Formation
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Koka Formation
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Ayama Formation
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Iga Formation
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Ueno Formation
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[ Lower ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
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Kobiwako 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: Ryoshudani - Maruyama - Okanami - Hijiki - Surumi, Iga city, Mie pref.
Tephra: Ryoshudani

Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)