Kaya Member

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Kaya Member Ishida et al., 1954

Type locality: Okuyamada, Ujitawara city, Tsuzuki county, Kyoto prefecture
Coherent formation
First Seto Inland Sea
Sedimentary basin in island arc
middle Miocene

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Lithofacies: Tuffaceous mudstone

Okuyamada Formation
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Kaya Member
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Miyamura Member
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Kawakami Member
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Tsuzuki Group
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Yuantani Formation
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Okuyamada Formation
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First Setouchi Supergroup (Kyoto pref.)
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Tsuzuki 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: Okuyamada - Okuyamadagawa river - Karaiketoge pass, Ujitawara city, Tsuzuki county, Kyoto pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Acila sp., Dosinia sp., Felaniella sp., Licinoma sp.

Wakita et al. (2013) Geology of the Kyoto-Tonambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 124p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)