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Taikura Basalt Member Ozawa et al., 1979

• Type locality: Taikura, Sendo, Ugo city, Ogachi county, Akita prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Miocene
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Middle - Lower Hatamura Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Olivine basalt lava (Pillow lava, Hyaloclastite), Tuff breccia, Volcanic breccia
• Lithofacies (Minor): Basaltic lapilli tuff, Tuff, Acidic pyroclastic rocks, Andesite pyroclastic rocks

• Thickness: 0 - 300 m
• Thickness (A unit): 10 - 60 m
• Upper limit: Conformity
• Lower limit: Conformity

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

• Distribution: Taikura, Sendo, Ugo city, Ogachi county, Akita pref.

• Ozawa et al. (1988) Geology of the Yashima District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 87p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Ozawa et al. (1979) Geology of the Asamai District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 53p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)