[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Taihata Formation

• Type locality: Shinmei road, Suma ward, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Eocene - Oligocene
• Correlation: Iwaya Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Conglomerate, Tuff

• Thickness: 90 m or thicker

------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

• Distribution: Shinmei road -- Shimohata tunnel, Kobe city, Hyogo pref.; Awaji city, Hyogo pref.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Anadara sp., Barbatia sp., Callista? sp., Calyptraea tubura, Clementia sp., Cultellus izumoensis, Cycladicama cfr. takeyamai, Cyclina takayamai, Macoma sp., Natica sp., Ostrea sp., Trapezium (Neotrapezium) sp.
• Fossils (Plants): Cinnamomum sp., Equisetum sp., Ficus? sp., Metasequoia sp., Osmunda sp., Platanus sp., Salix sp., Woodwardia sp., Ulmus sp.

• Huzita and Maeda (1984) Geology of the Suma District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 101p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
• Huzita and Kasama (1983) Geology of the Kobe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 115p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)