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Tsukudani Formation

• Coherent formation
• Miocene
• Intruded by: Dacite dikes

• Lithofacies: Conglomerate

• Thickness: A few dozen m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Sangun Metamorphic Rocks)

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

• Distribution: Tsukudani valley - Sajidani valley, Saji, Tottori city, Tottori pref.

• 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.)