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Takayanagi Formation

Invalid synonym: Koge Conglomerate (a local name in Tottori pref.)

• Coherent formation
• Miocene (26.4, 23 Ma, FT; 21.4 Ma, U-Pb)
• Correlation: Yazu Formation, Tottori Group

• Sedimentary facies (Top): Debris flow deposit, Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Conglomerate, Sandy conglomerate
• Sedimentary structures (Top): Trough cross-stratification

• Thickness: ca. 230 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Yoka Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity

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

• Distribution: southwest - northeast Tottori pref.
• Distribution: Takayanagi, Yoka, Yabu city, Hyogo pref.
• Fossils: Plants

• Haji and Yamaji (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.9, pp.685-698 DOI
• Sakiyama et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.1-20 DOI
• Utada (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.5, pp.231-245 DOI