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Mozawa Tuffaceous Sandstone Member Kosaka et al., 2022

Invalid synonym: takeshitoge Sandstone

• Type locality: Mozawa creek, Takeshigawa river, Ueda city, Nagano prefecture
• Coherent formation
• middle Miocene
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Fujii Sandstone and Mudstone Member

• Lithofacies (Upper): Tuffaceous sandstone
• Lithofacies (Lower): Acidic tuff, Andesite tuff
• Lithofacies (Minor): Andesite lava

• Thickness: 600 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity (Yamada Sandstone and Conglomerate Member)

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

• Distribution: Mozawa creek - Ozawanegawa river - Mozawagawa river - Yokosawagawa river, Takeshigawa river, Ueda city, Nagano pref.

• Kosaka et al. (2022) Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku), vol.76, no.4, pp.179-194 DOI