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Kuzuredani Formation

• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous

• Lithofacies (Top): Tuffaceous interbedded sandstone and mudstone, Rhyolitic dacite welded tuff
• Lithofacies (Upper): Rhyolite tuff breccia
• Lithofacies (Middle): Rhyolite lapilli tuff
• Lithofacies (Lower): Rhyolite pumice tuff
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Rhyolite vitreous tuff, Vitreous crystalline tuff
• Lithofacies (Bottom, Minor): Mudstone

• Thickness: 150 - 250 m
• Lower limit: Uncoformity (Nabi Unit)

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

• Distribution: Matsunedani valley - Mount Kaburayama, Itadori, Seki city, Gifu pref.

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