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Shindachi Formation

• Type locality: Kinyuji river, Shindachi, Sennan city, Osaka prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Late Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Main filling of the sedimentary basin
• Lithofacies: Turbidite
• Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone

• Thickness (Overall): 6,900 m
• Thickness (Type locality): 1,700 m

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

• Distribution: Kinyuji river, Shindachi, Sennan city, Osaka pref.

• Miyata et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.37-52 DOI