Kinjosan Volcanic Conglomerate Member

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Kinjosan Volcanic Conglomerate Member Yanagisawa et al., 1985

Volcanic rocks
Miocene

Lithofacies: Rhyolite volcanic conglomerate
Lithofacies (Minor): Tuffaceous sandstone, Mudstone

Thickness: ca. 250 m
Lower limit: Conformity (Hakkaisan Conglomerate Member)

Hakkaisan Formation
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Kinjosan Volcanic Conglomerate Member
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Sakadoyama Sandstone and Shale Member
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Hakkaisan Conglomerate Member
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Jonai Group
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Hakkaisan Formation
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Okura Formation
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: summit of Mount Kinjosan, Minamiuonuma city, Niigata pref.

Yanagisawa et al. (1985) Geology of the Tokamachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)