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Higashiyama Conglomerate Member Shimakura et al., 1971

Invalid synonym: Hachibuse Conglomerate Member

• Type locality: Jigokudani valley, Nara city, Nara prefecture
• Coherent formation
• middle Miocene

• Lithofacies: Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone

• Thickness: 25 m or thinner
• Upper limit: Transitional (Onigatsuji Mudstone and Sandstone Member)
• Lower limit: Unconformity

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

• Distribution: Jigokudani - Nakanokawa town - Mount Kasugayama - Mausoleum of Emperor Kasuganomiya - Hachibuse town - Wada town - Maitani town - Nakahata town, Nara 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.)
• Ozaki et al. (2000) Geology of the Nara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)