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Kannabi Formation Yoshikawa, 1973

• Coherent formation
• First Seto Inland Sea
• Sedimentary basin in island arc
• Miocene
• Correlation: Harakawa Formation or Jogashiro Formation

• Lithofacies (Upper): Sandstone
• Lithofacies (Upper Minor): Silt
• Lithofacies (Lower): Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Sandstone, Mudstone

• Thickness: 50 m or thicker
• Thickness (Upper): ca. 20 m
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 30 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Osaka Group, Takeyama Volcanic Rocks)
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Chichionigawa Tonalite)

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

• Distribution: Kokubu town - Yokoogawa river, Izumi city, Osaka pref.; Uchihata town - Nishido, Kishiwada city, Osaka pref.; Mikkaichi town, Kawachinagano city, Osaka pref.; Mount Takeyama - Kannabi, Tondabayashi city, Osaka pref.
• Fossils (Pollen): Carya sp., Hemitrapa sp., Liquidambar sp.

• Itihara et al. (1986) Geology of the Kishiwada District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 148p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)