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Fujiwara Group (Makiyama, 1931) Sakamoto, 1955

• Type locality: Fujiwara town, Nara city, Nara prefecture
• Coherent formation
• early - middle Miocene

• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate

• Thickness: ca. 400 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Jigokudani Formation, Shirakawaike Formation, Kokuzoyama Conglomerate Member)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Ryoke Metamorphic Rocks, Granite)

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

• Distribution: Fujiwara town - Rokuyaon town, Nara city, Nara pref.; Somanouchi town, Tenri city, Nara pref.

• Sato et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.53-69 DOI
• Nishioka et al. (2001) Geology of the Sakurai District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 141p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)