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Kanayama Formation

• Coherent formation
• Jurassic
• Correlation: Ayukawa Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Sandstone
• Lithofacies (Minor): Siltstone, Shale
• Sedimentary structures: Upward-fining

• Thickness: ca. 70 m

• Distribution: Kaneyama, Minamizakai, Ishinomaki city, Miyagi pref.

• Takizawa et al. (1984) Geology of the Ishinomaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 103p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)