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Kada Formation

• Type locality (Upper Member): Kyoshi, Misaki city, Sennan county, Osaka prefecture
• Type locality (Lower Member): Miyama - Kada, Wakayama city, Wakayama prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Izumi sedimentary basin
• Forearc basin associated with strike-slip fault related to Median Tectonic Line
• Late Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Main filling of the sedimentary basin
• Lithofacies: Turbidite, Channel deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Interbedded conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone

• Thickness: 4,500 m

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

• Distribution: Kyoshi - Tanagawa, Misaki city, Sennan county, Osaka pref.; Hakotsukuri, Hannan city, Osaka pref.; Mutuso, Sennan city, Osaka pref.; Miyama - Kada, Wakayama city, Wakayama pref.

• Miyata et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.37-52 DOI