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Fujita Formation

• Coherent formation
• Miocene

• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Lacustrine
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Sandy shale
• Lithofacies (Lower): Interbedded sandstone and shale
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Minor): Lignite

• Lower limit: Unconformity (Maizuru Group)

• Distribution: Fujita, Misaki city, Kume county, Okayama pref.
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Ostrea gigas, Vicarya carossa

• Mitsuno and Omori (1965) Susai, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 59p. (in Japanese with English abstract 17p.)