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Kamikoshikijima Group

• Type locality: Kamikoshikijima island, Koshikijima islands, Satsumasendai city, Kagoshima prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Eocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine, Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Mudstone, Conglomerate

• Thickness: 1,700 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Unknown
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Himenoura Group)

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

• Distribution: Kamikoshikijima island - northern Nakakoshikijima island, Koshikijima islands, Satsumasendai city, Kagoshima pref.

• Tonai et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, no.11, pp.547-559 DOI