Mizutori Member

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Mizutori Member (Somekawa and Yoshikawa, 1983) Ozaki et al., 2000

Invalid synonym: Mizutori Gravel Member

Type locality: Higashihataguchi, Seika city, Soraku county, Kyoto prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene
Correlation: Konoike Member, Myojogahara Member, Joyo Member I, Nagatani Member, Joyo Member II, Joyo A Member, Joyo B Member

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Mud. Lignite
Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Graded bedding
Sedimentary structures (Minor): Planar cross-stratification
Paleocurrent: to East

Thickness: 0 - 150 m or thicker
Upper limit: Transitional (Zakuro Member)
Lower limit: Bottom of the conglomerate bed around Fugenji Tephra
Lower limit: Conformity (Higashihata Member), Unconformity (Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Younger Ryoke Granitoids)

Tanabe Formation (Joyo, Kyoto pref.)
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Uji Member
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Mizutori Member
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Tanabe Formation (Nishinokyo, Nara pref.)
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Zakuro Member
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Mizutori 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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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: Higashihataguchi, Seika city, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.; Osumi - Sonenji - Miyazu, Kyotanabe city, Kyoto pref.; Shimoumetani - Umemidai - Ichisaka, Kizugawa city, Kyoto pref.; Joyo city, Kyoto pref.; Ishidera -Shirasu - Harayama - Koya pass, Wazuka city, Soraku county, Kyoto pref.; Takayama, Ikoma city, Nara pref.; Tomigaoka - Chiyogaoka - Narazawa town - Zoshi town - Byakugoji town - Horen town, Nara city, Nara pref.; Minamitawara, Shijonawate city, Osaka pref.
Fossils (Pollen): Abies sp., Acer sp., Aesculus sp., Alnus sp., Anellema sp., Aphananthe sp., Carduoideae, Carpinus sp., Castanea sp., Celtis sp., Cephalotaxaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Corylus sp., Cryptomeria sp., Cupressaceae, Cyperaceae, Distylium sp., Ericaceae, Euonymus sp., Fagus sp., Fraxinus sp., Ginkgo sp., Gramineae, Juglans sp., Larix sp., Lagerstroemia sp., Liliaceae, Menyanthes sp., Metasequoia sp., Ostrya sp., Picea sp., Pinus sp., Pseudotsuga sp., Pterocarya sp., Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) sp., Quercus (Lepidobalanus) sp., Salix sp., Sciadopitys sp., Taxaceae, Tilia sp., Tsuga sp., Ulmus sp., Zanthoxylon sp., Zelkova sp.
Tephra: Fugenji, Doshisha, Kamotani, Shirakawa I, Shirakawa II, Konosuyama
Key bed (Marine clay): Ma 1

Miyachi et al. (2005) Geology of the Kyoto-Seinambu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
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.)