Moroga Conglomerate Member

Moroga Conglomerate Member Uemura et al., 1979

Coherent formation
Miocene
Intruded by: Fuchimi Quartz Diorite

Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
Water temperature: Warm ocean current
Lithofacies: Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone

Thickness: ca. 20 - 100 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Fuganji Mudstone Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Kawabara Volcanic Member)

Iwami Formation
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Shichisan Sandstone and Mudstone Member
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Aragane Pyroclastic Member
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Oda Andesite Member
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Fuganji Mudstone Member
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Moroga Conglomerate Member
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[ Lower ]

Tottori Group (eastern Tottori pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Iwami Formation
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Kisaichi Formation
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Yazu Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Tsukuyone - Myogadani - Moroga, Wakasa city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.; Megano - Fuchimi - Akenabe, Yazu city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.; Waji, Tottori city, Tottori pref.
Fossils (Yatsuo-Kadonosawa fauna): Acila sp., Anadara daitokudoensis, Arca sp., Batillaria yamanari, Cardium sp., Caryocorbula sp., Cerithium meisense, Chicoreus chiganouranus, Chlamys nisataiensis, Concocele sp., Cyclina sp., Dosinia nomurai, Mytilus sp., Ostrea sp., Panope sp., Patinopecten sp., Pecten sp., Phaxus izumoensis, Pholadomya sp., Tapes (Siratoria) siratoriensis, Turritella sp., Vicarya calosa, Vicaryella bacula

Uemura et al. (1979) Geology of the Wakasa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)