Kawasaki Conglomerate Member

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Kawasaki Conglomerate Member

Coherent formation
Miocene

Lithofacies: Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Sandy shale
Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification

Thickness: ca. 15 - 60 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Takane Coal-bearing Member, Izumoto Sandstone Member, Takakura Formation)

Uetsuki Formation
[ Upper ]
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Ikegahara Coal-bearing Member
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Takane Coal-bearing Member
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Kawasaki Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

Katsuta Group
[ Upper ]
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Takakura Formation
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Yoshino Formation
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Uetsuki Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kawasaki, Tsuyama city, Okayama pref.; Minagi, Nagi city, Katsuta county, Okayama pref.

Kawai (1957) Tsuyama-Tobu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)