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Josoji Formation Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1967

• Type locality: Josoji, Matsue city, Shimane prefecture
• Coherent formation
• early - middle Miocene (16 - 14 Ma)
• Correlation: Otsu Formation, Kuri Formation, Kawai Formation
• Intruded by: Gabbro - Quartz diorite - Dolerite - Porphyrite sills, laccolith

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Sedimentary facies: Submarine volcano by the felsic volcanisum
• Sedimentary facies: Feeder dikes, Submarine pyroclastic flow deposits, Lava dome
• Depth of water: Continental margin - middle Continental slope (Foraminifera)
• Depth of water (Upper): Bathyal (Foraminifera)
• Depth of water (Lower): Shallow marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Rhyolitic lava, Rhyolitic hyaloclastite, Volcanic breccia, Pumice tuff
• Lithofacies (Upper, Minor): Pyroxene andesite lava, Andesite reworked deposits
• Lithofacies (Lower): Shale
• Sedimentary structures: Slump structures, Graded bedding, Parallel stratification, Cross stratification, Imbricate structure, Convolute lamination
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Columnar joints
• Paleocurrent: from Southwest to Northeast

• Source (Rhyolite): Katae bay, Tasumi
• Source (Andesite): Shichirui bay, Morokui
• Thickness: 100 - 1,600 m
• Thickness (Andesite): 100 - 150 m
• Thickness (Submarine pyroclastic flow, A unit): Several - 20 m
• Upper limit: Transitional (Ushikiri Formation), Unconformity (Hinomisaki Terrace Deposit)
• Lower limit: Bottom of black shale dominated horizon
• Lower limit: Conformtiy (Koura Formation)

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

• Distribution: Josoji - Mount Asahiyama, Matsue city, Shimane pref.; Hoda - Chikumi - Mitsu - Sozu, Mihonoseki town, Matsue city, Shimane pref.; Sakaura - Cape Hinomisaki - Ketakake - Sagiura - Uryu - Mount Hnatakasen - Mount Obunesan - Ichihatayakushi, Izumo city, Shimane pref.
• Fossils: Whales (family Balaenopteridae), Fish (Scales, Bones), Starfish (Astrophiura? sp.)
• Fossils (Shellfishes): Acesta aff. amaxaenisa, Acesta cf. smithi, Bathyamussium sp., Megayoldia sp., Nuculana sp., Palliolum sp., Portlandia sp., Propeamussium cf. tateiwai, Solemya sp., Yoldia sp.
• Fossils (Foraminifera): Ammodiscus incortus, Ammonia tochigiensis, Ammphicoryna scalaris sagamiensis, Bathysiphon? sp., Bolivina sp., Brizalina rgentea, Brizalina marginata masudai, Bulimina striata, Cibicides cf. floridanus, Cibicides malloryi, Cribrostomoides cf. crassimaargo, Cyclammina cancellata, Cyclammina cf. ezoensis, Cyclammina japonica, Cyclammina orbicularis, Cyclammina pusilla, Discammina cf. compressa, Discammina cf. emaciata, Epistominella pulchella, Epistominella shimanensis, Eponides subpraecinctus, Fursenkoina ishikiensis, Globigerina angustiumbilicata, Globigerina falconensis, Globigerina praebulloides praebulloides, Globigerina weissi, Globigerinita glutinata, Globobulimina pyrula, Globoquadrina cf. immaturus, Globoquadrina cf. venezuelana, Globorotalia birnageae, Globorotalia continuosa, Globorotalia quinifalcata, Globorotalia siakensis, Gyroidina orbicularis, Gyroidinoides shinjiensis, Haphlofragmoides cf. compressum, Haphlofragmoides renzi, Hastilina bradyi, Hopkinsina sp., Lagena sulcata, Lenticulina nikobarensis, Lituolidae gen. et sp. indet., Martinottiella communis, Martinottiella nodulosa, Nonionella miocenica, Plectina nipponica, Proteonina sp., Sigmoilopsis schlumbergeri, Sphaeroidina compacta, Spiroplectammina sp., Spirosigmoilinella compressa, Textularia sp., Torchammina sp., Uvigerina akitaensis, Uvigerina subperegrina, Valvulineria masudai
• Deposits: Kuroko massive sulfide deposit (Wanibuchi mine, Utouge mine, Sagi mine)

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