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Horyuzan Formation Yoshikawa et al., 2002
Invalid synonym: Tokunari Formation
- Type locality (Pyroclastic rocks): Terayama - Mount Horyuzan, Machino town, Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture
- Type locality (Lava): Akazaki, Nunoura, Noto city, Hosu county, Ishikawa prefecture
- Volcanic rocks
- early Miocene (20 - 18 Ma; 19.5 Ma, FT)
- Dykes: early Miocene (18.3 Ma, FT)
- Intruded by: Pyroxene dacite - Rhyolite dikes
- Sedimentary facies: Volcanic ash cloud surge, Pyroclastic fall deposit
- Sedimentary facies: Pyroclastic flow deposit
- Sedimentary facies (Lower): Ground surge
- Lithofacies: Dacite tuff, Pumiceous lapilli tuff, Tuff breccia
- Lithofacies (Minor): Pyroxene dacite - Rhyolite lava, Siltstone, Sandstone, Conglomerate
- Sedimentary structures: Parallel stratificaiton, Cross stratification
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Terayama - Mount Horyuzan, Machino town, Wajima city, Ishikawa pref.; Akazaki - Matsunami, Nunoura, Noto city, Hosu county, Ishikawa pref.; Mount Yamabushiyama - Ishigami town - Mount Kendaradake, Suzu city, Ishikawa pref.
- Fossils: Charcoal, Silicified woods
- Fossils: Noroshi flora
- Kano (2018) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.124, no.10, pp.781-803 DOI
- Yoshikawa et al. (2002) Geology of the Suzumisaki, Noto-iida and Horyuzan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)