Toyanohana Gravel Member

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Toyanohana Gravel Member Aoya et al., 2013

Type locality: Toyanohana, Ojoin, Niihama city, Ehime prefecture
Coherent formation
early Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, small scale Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Silt

Thickness: 30 - 80 m or thicker

Okamura Formation
[ East ]
?--?--?--?--?-
Toyanohana Gravel Member
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Takihama Gravel Member
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[ West ]

Second Setouchi Supergroup (Ehime pref.)
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Okamura Formation
Gunchu Formation
Yakura Formation
Torinoko Formation
Miaki Formation
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[ Upper ]
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Second Setouchi Supergroup
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First Setouchi Supergroup
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Okamura - Kurumi - Haigawa, Saijo city, Ehime pref.; Hagyu - Toyanohana, Niihama city, Ehime pref.; Ueno - Kobayashi - Okado - Kamigashiwa - Kanagawa, Shikokuchuo city, Ehime pref.
Fossils (Plants): Juglans megacinera, Metasequoia distica, Picea maximowiczii

Aoya et al. (2013) Geology of the Niihama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 181p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)