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Imozu Conglomerate Member (Tsuda, 1953) Nakajima et al., 2019

• Type locality: Jinzu river, Imozu, Toyama city, Toyama prefecture
• Coherent formation
• early Miocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies: Braided river
• Lithofacies: Conglomerate
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sandstone, Mudstone

• Thickness: ca. 50 - 175 m
• Upper limit: Interfingered (Ashiu Sandstone Member, Myogashima Alternation Member)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Jinzu Group)

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

• Distribution: Imozu - Kiridani - Oinami - Matsuze - Oritani - Nozumigawa river, Toyama city, Toyama pref.
• Fossils: Plants, Lignite

• Nakajima et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.7, pp.483-516 DOI
• Nozawa et al. (1981) Geology of the Shirokimine District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 85p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)
• Sumi and Nozawa (1973) Geology of the Uozu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)
• Sakamoto and Nozawa (1960) Yatsuo, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 69p. (in Japanese with English abstract 8p.)
• Nozawa and Sakamoto (1960) Gohyakkoku, Explanatory Text of the Geological Map of Japan, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 68p. (in Japanese with English abstract 10p.)