Kokuzoyama Conglomerate Member

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Kokuzoyama Conglomerate Member Shiida, 1953

Some researchers interpret as a higher terrace deposit.

Type locality: Mount Kokuzoyama, Kokuzo town, Nara city, Nara prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene (0.5 - 0.3 Ma)

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Gravels

Thickness: 10 - 20 m
Lower limit: Unconformity (Shirakawaike Formation, Fujiwara Group)

Osaka Group (Nara, Nara pref.)
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Kokuzoyama Conglomerate Member
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Shirakawaike Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
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Osaka Group
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Mount Kokuzoyama - Rokuyaon town - Yashima town - Kubonosho town, Nara city, Nara pref.; Bessho town - Toyoda town, Tenri city, Nara pref.

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.)