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Fuchigaya Tuff (Ikebe et al., 1951) Sumi et al., 1989

Invalid synonym: Fuchigatani Tuff

• Type locality: Goi, Fukuoka town, Takaoka city, Toyama prefecture
• Tephra
• Miocene
• Correlation: Ogawa Tuff
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Upper Shingu Sandstone and Conglomerate Member

• Lithofacies: Tuff
• Sedimentary structures: Graded bedding

• Thickness: ca. 2 - 30 m
• Upper limit: Transitional (Goi Mudstone Member), Conformity (Yoshikura Mudstone Member)

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

• Distribution: Goi, Fukuoka town, Takaoka city, Toyama pref.

• Sumi et al. (1989) Geology of the Isurugi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Sumi (1978) Geology of the Tsubata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 55p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)