Upper Formation

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Upper Formation Miyamura et al., 1981

Invalid synonym: Akira Formation

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

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies:

Thickness: ca. 400 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Ichishi Group)
Lower limit: Transitional (Middle Formation)

Upper Formation
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Himetani Sandstone and Siltstone Member
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Ishiyama Sandstone Member
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Suzuka Group
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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: Himedani valley, Seki town, Kameyama city, Mie pref.

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.)
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.)