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Jigokudani Formation

• Coherent formation
• middle Miocene

• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kasugayama Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Fujiwara Group)

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

• Distribution: Jigoku valley, Kasugano village, Nara city, Nara pref.; Nakanokawa village - Onigatsuji - Myoga village, Nara city, Nara pref.

• Sato et al. (2015) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.121, no.6, pp.173-178, DOI
• Sato et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.53-69 DOI