Gotenyama Formation

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Gotenyama Formation (Matsuda, 1961) Matsuda, 2014

Invalid synonym: Uemura Formation

Type locality: southeast side of Kayanoki tunnel, Aimata, Minobu city, Minamikoma county, Yamanashi prefecture
Coherent formation
middle Miocene
Intruded by: Aimata Intrusive Rocks

Sedimentary facies: Marine

Thickness: 800 m or thicker
Upper limit: Conformity (Fujikawa Group)

Gotenyama Formation
[ Upper ]
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Funayama Mudstone Member
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Kayanokitoge Basalt Member
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[ Lower ]

Nishiyatsushiro Group (western Minobu, Yamanashi pref.)
[ Upper ]
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Gotenyama Formation
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Kayanoki tunnel, Mitsugozawa - Aimata, Minobu city, Minamikoma county, Yamanashi pref.; Yokonenaka - Nakano - Hongo, Nanbu city, Minamikoma county, Yamanashi pref.

Ozaki and Sugiyama (2018) Geology of the Minobu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 169p. (in Japanese with English abstract 7p.)
Sugiyama and Matsuda (2014) Geology of the Nanbu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 134p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)