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Taragadani Formation

• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous

• Lithofacies: Rhyolitic dacite tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Rhyolite lava, Lapilli tuff, Tuff breccia, Pumice tuff, Vitreous tuff, Tuffaceous sandstone, Tuffaceous mudstone, Basalt lava

• Thickness: 500 - 700 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kokasan Formation)
• Lower limit: Uncoformity (Nabi Unit)

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

• Distribution: Taragadani valley - Kosemi - Orebora, Itadori, Seki city, Gifu pref.; Mount Kokasan, Horado, 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.)