Yunoyama Gravel Facies

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Yunoyama Gravel Facies (Matsui, 1943) Miyamura et al., 1981

Type locality: Yunoyama, Komono city, Mie county, Mie prefecture
Coherent formation
Marginal facies of Sakuramura Formation, Nishikomono Member
Pleistocene
Transitional: Sakuradai Member

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Sedimentary facies: Alluvial fan
Lithofacies: Gravels, Silt, Sandy silt
Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite
Paleocurrent: to East

Thickness: ca. 140 - 400 m
Upper limit: ca. 140 above Shukuno Tephra
Upper limit: Unconformity (Oldest Fan Deposits)
Lower limit: Top of Koyashiro Tephra

Sakuramura Formation (north Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Yunoyama Gravel Facies
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Tokai Group (Kameyama, Mie pref.)
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Sakuramura Formation
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Kameyama Formation
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Kusuhara Formation
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Saigyodani Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Mie pref. - Aichi pref.)
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Tokai Group
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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: Yunoyama - Mitakigawa river, Komono city, Mie county, Mie pref.; Miyazuma town - Suizawa town, Yokkaichi city, Mie pref.; Saiganji temple, Yamamoto town, Suzuka city, Mie pref.; Hanashibashi bridge, Onbegawa river, Kameyama 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.)
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.)