Kaseyama Member

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Kaseyama Member Kawamura, 1993

Invalid synonym: Kaseyama Alternation Member

Type locality: Kaseyama, Kizugawa city, Kyoto prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Interbedded gravel-bearing sands, silt and clay
Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite
Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding

Thickness: 10 - 35 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Kamiumetani Member)
Lower limit: Transitional (Kiridoshi Member)

Tomigaoka Formation (Nara basin, Nara pref.)
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Higashihata Member
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Kamiumetani Member
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Kaseyama Member
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Kiridoshi Member
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Osaka Group (Yawata, Kyoto pref.)
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Shodai Formation
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Seika Formation
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Tanabe Formation
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Tomigaoka Formation
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Osaka Group (Uji, Kyoto pref.)
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Fukakusa Formation
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Nagaike Formation
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Zenjoji Formation
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Otonoyama Formation
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Tomigaoka Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
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Osaka 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: Kaseyama - Kamo town - Sato - Minamikamodai - Kita, Kizugawa city, Kyoto pref.
Tephra: Kiridoshi, Kaseyama I, Kaseyama II

Miyachi et al. (2001) Geology of the Osaka-Tohokubu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 130p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)
Ozaki et al. (2000) Geology of the Nara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)