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Kamifurumichi Formation

• Type locality: Kamifurumichi, Yamato town, Gujo city, Gifu prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Lapilli tuff, Pumice tuff, Vitreous tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Tuffaceous sandstone, Mudstone, Tuff, Coal

• Thickness: 250 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Eboshi Volcanic Rocks)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Furumichi Formation)

• Distribution: Kamifurumichi - Shimokurisu - Komami - Okuomami, Yamato town, Gujo city, Gifu pref.; Naru, Shirotori town, Gujo city, Gifu pref.
• Fossils: Plants

• Wakita (1984) Geology of the Hachiman District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 89p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)