Lower Formation

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Lower Formation Miyamura et al., 1981

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

Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sandstone, mudstone and conglomerate
Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Coal
Lithofacies (Lower): Basal breccia

Thickness: 0 - ca. 400 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Middle Formation)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Mino Belt)

Lower Formation (Kabuto, Mie pref.)
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Abudani Member
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Hitotsuya Member
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[ Lower ]

Lower Formation (west Kabuto, Mie pref.)
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Osomaike Facies
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Hitotsuya Member
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[ Lower ]

Suzuka Group
[ Upper ]
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Upper Formation
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Middle Formation
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Lower Formation
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[ Lower ]

First Setouchi Supergroup (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Suzuka Group
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[ Lower ]

[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
?--?--?--?--?-
First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Kabutogawa river, Kitazaike, 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.)