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Kamiwazumi Formation Yoshikawa et al., 2002

• Type locality: Kamiwazumi - Kurokawa, Noto city, Hosu county, Ishikawa prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• early Miocene (23 - 19 Ma; 23 - 20 Ma, K-Ar)
• Intruded by: Dolerite
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Matsunagi Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Talus
• Lithofacies (Upper): Tuffaceous sandstone, Conglomerate, Siltstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Andesite lava
• Lithofacies (Minor): Dacite pumiceous lapilli tuff, Tuff, Lignite
• Sedimentary structures (Upper): Trough cross-stratification

• Thickness: 230 m
• Thickness (A flow unit): 15 - 20 m
• Upper limit: Conformity (Horyuzan Formation)
• Lower limit: Conformity (Goroku Formation), Unconformity (Konosuyama Formation)

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

• Distribution: Kamiwazumi - Kurokawa - Yamaguchi dam - Shirogasaki, Noto city, Hosu county, Ishikawa pref.
• Fossils: Abies sp., Acer cf. cissifolium, Acer rotundatum, Aesculus sp., Alnus sp., Betula sp., Carpinus heigunensis, Carpinus cf. mioturczaninowii, Cladrastis sp., Cryptomeria? sp., Cumminghamia sp., Fagus antipofi, Fraxinus sp., Leguminosites sp., Lindera sp., Liquidambar miosinica, Maackia onoei, Parrotia pristina, Picea cf. kaneharai, Picea ugoana, Pinus (Diploxylon) sp., Pseudolarix japonica, Pterocarya sp., Quercus miovariabilis, Trapa cf. ezoana, Tsuga sp., Wisteria fallax, Zelkova ungeri

• 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.)