Yamabe Group

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Yamabe Group (Makiyama, 1937)

Type locality: Nara prefecture
Coherent formation
early - middle Miocene

Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone
Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate

Thickness: 350 m or thicker

Yamabe Group
[ Upper ]
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Hayama Formation
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Sogo Formation
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Iu Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Haibara - Muro, Uda city, Nara pref.; Hayama, Tsuge, 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.)