Tottori Group

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Tottori Group

Type locality: Tottori prefecture
Coherent formation
Miocene
Correlation: Hokutan Group

Sedimentary facies: Marine, Terrestrial
Lithofacies: Clastic rocks, Volcaniclastic rocks

eastern Tottori pref.
[ Upper ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Iwami Formation
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Yazu Formation
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[ Lower ]

Tottori, Tottori pref.
[ Upper ]
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Kumoyama Formation
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Entsuji Formation
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Kawahara Formation
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Koge Formation
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[ Lower ]

Tottori, Tottori pref.
[ Upper ]
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Tsukudani Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: eastern Tottori pref.
Fossils (Shellfishes): Batillaria yamanarii, Chlamys crassivenia, Pecten kagamianus, Vicarya callosa

Sakiyama et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, Supplement, pp.1-20 DOI
Murayama et al. (1963) Tottorihokubu & Tottorinambu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)