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Miyazaki Group
- Boundary between Philippine sea plate and Eurasian plate
- Fore-arc basin sediments
- Coherent formation
- Miocene - Pliocene
- Sedimentary facies: Marine
- Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone
- Distribution (North to south): ca. 80 km
- Distribution (East to West): ca. 20 km
- Upper limit: Unconformity (3.0 Ma, Hyuga-nada Group)
- Lower limit: Unconformity (Nichinan Group, Shimanto Belt)
- Tsuma - Takanabe area
- [ Upper ]
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- Takanabe Formation
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- Sadowara Formation
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- Niinazume Formation
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- Uryuno Formation
- ''''''/,,,,,,,
- Honjo Formation
- ''''''/,,,,,,,
- Tsuma Formation
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- Kawabaru Formation
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- [ Lower ]
- North Nichinan seashore
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- Tsuma Facies
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- [ Lower ]
- Middle Nichinan seashore
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- Miyazaki Facies
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- [ Lower ]
- South Nichinan seashore
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- Aoshima Facies
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- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Nichinan seashore, Miyazaki pref.
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- Ishihara et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.41-62 DOI
- Chiyonobu et al. (2012) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.118, no.2, pp.109-116 DOI
- Takashimizu (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.11, pp.559-577 DOI
- Iwatani et al., (2009) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.115, no.10, pp.548-551 DOI