Tomari Formation

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Tomari Formation (Akamine, 1959) Yoshida, 1984

Type locality: Tomariyama, Yokkaichi city, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene
Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Sakuramura Formation

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Sedimentary facies: Braided river
Lithofacies: Gravels, Gravel-bearing sands
Lithofacies (Minor): Clay, Silt
Paleocurrent: to Southwest - South-southwest

Thickness: ca. 30 - 200 m
Lower limit: Transitional (Hachioji Formation), Conformity (Upper Member)

Tokai Group (Yokkaichi, Mie pref.)
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Sakuramura Formation / Tomari Formation
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Hachioji 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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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Tomariyama - Ikuwa town - Kawashima town - Hachioji town - Tomari town - Uneme town - Kishioka town, Yokkaichi city, Mie pref.
Tephra: Tomarigaoka, Kawashima II

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.)