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Kawabara Volcanic Member Murayama et al., 1963
- Volcanic rock
- Miocene
- Intruded by: Andesite sills, Basalt sills, Traachyte sills
- Correlation: Yoka Formation
- Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
- Sedimentary facies (Minor): Marine
- Lithofacies: Andesite, Basalt, Trachyandesite tuff breccia, Tuff
- Lithofacies (Minor): Dacite? pumice tuff, Tuff, Andesite, Olivine basalt, Augite trachyte lava, Volcanic conglomerate, Mudstone
- Thickness: ca. 200 - 480 m
- Upper limit: Conformity (), Unconformity (Entsuji Conglomerate and Sandstone Member, Moroga Conglomerate Member, Fuganji Mudstone Member), Abut unconformity (Sandaiji Siltstone Member)
- Lower limit: Transitional (Koge Formation), Unconformity (Yadagawa Group, Tottori Granite, Kyushozan Granite, , Tsunotani Formation, Sangun Metamorphic Rocks)
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kawahara city - Lake Koyamaike - Ogura - Imanishi - Takafuku - Kamaguchi - Sendaigawa river - Hiketa - Tenjin - Hiketagawa river - Arata - Kamisunami - Iwatsubo - Mount Takarayama - Nakagawara - Kamiarafune - Waji - Kango - Takiyama, Tottori city, Tottori pref.; Koge - Rokurodani valley - Hiraki, Yazu city, Yazu county, Tottori pref.
- Fossils (Shellfishes): Chlamys sp.
- Fossils (Plants): Acer sp., Ficus sp., Pterocarya sp., Salix sp.
- Uemura et al. (1979) Geology of the Wakasa District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
- Murayama et al. (1963) Tottorihokubu & Tottorinambu, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 66p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)