Tsumetadani Formation

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Volcanic rocks
Caldera
Late Cretaceous - Paleogene

Lithofacies: Crystalline tuff, Tuffaceous sandstone, Sandstone

Thickness: ca. 50 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Akadani Welded Tuff)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Hikodani Welded Tuff)

Sequence IV (central Mikkaichi, Gifu pref.)
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Akadani Welded Tuff
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Tsumetadani Formation
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Sequence IV (eastern Mikkaichi, Gifu pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Genjidake Welded Tuff
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Mikkamachi Formtion
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[ Lower ]

Sequence IV (Takayama, Gifu pref.)
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Kuzogawa Welded Tuff
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Aoya Tuff
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[ Lower ]

Sequence IV (Southern area)
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Uguigawa Welded Tuff
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Mayumitoge Welded Tuff
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Takadaru Welded Tuff
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Atera Formation
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[ Lower ]

Nohi Rhyolites
[ Upper ]
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Sequence VI
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Sequence V
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Sequence IV
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Sequence III
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Sequence II
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Sequence I
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Tsumetadani valley, Ichinomiya town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

Kawada et al. (1988) Geology of the Hagiwara District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 82p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)
Yamada et al. (1985) Geology of the Takayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
Kawada (1982) Geology of the Mikkamachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)