Dakyoji Gravel Bed

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Dakyoji Gravel Bed

Type locality: Dakyoji, Kurayoshi city, Tottori prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Lithofacies (Top): Tuffaceous sands
Lithofacies (Upper): Sands
Lithofacies: Gravels
Sedimentary structures (Top): Parallel stratification

Thickness: ca 15 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Sakamoto Andesites, Loam)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Rhyolite)

northern Kurayoshi, Tottori pref.
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Mikammuriyama Andesites
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Hachibuseyama Platy Andesites
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Kamejiri Basalts
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Dakyoji Gravel Bed
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Kurayoshi, Tottori pref.
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Tawara Platy Andesites
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Mitokusan Andesites
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Hachibuseyama Platy Andesites
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Sakamoto Andesites
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Dakyoji Gravel Bed
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Dakyoji - Yoneda - Takedagawa river, Kurayoshi city, Tottori pref.; Sabi - Tajiri - Nagae, Yurihama city, Tohaku county, Tottori pref.

Murayama and Ozawa (1961) Aoya & Kurayoshi, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 71p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)