Kitamata Gravel Member

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Kitamata Gravel Member (Ueji, 1944) Kawabe et al., 1996

Invalid synonym: Tayama Gravel Member

Type locality: Kitamata - Okuyamada, Minamiyamashiro city, Soraku county, Kyoto prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene
Correlation: Ofuku Member

Lithofacies: Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Silt
Paleocurrent: from North to South - Southeast

Thickness: ca. 15 - 40 m
Upper limit: Transitional (Okuda Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Iga Member)

Iga Formation (Shimagahara, Mie pref.)
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Okuda Member
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Kitamata Gravel Member
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Kobiwako Group
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Takashima Formation
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Katata Formation
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Kusatsu Formation
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Gamo Formation
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Koka Formation
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Ayama Formation
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Iga Formation
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Ueno Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Shiga pref.)
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Kobiwako 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: Wariozaka - Dosenbo - Minamiokawara - Kitamata - Okuyamada, Minamiyamashiro city, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.; Shimagahara - Nakamura - Kawamoto mine - Tayama, Iga city, Mie pref.

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.)
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.)
Kawabe et al. (1996) Geology of the Ueno District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 99p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)