Matsubara Gravel Bed

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Matsubara Gravel Bed Kajita and Ishihara, 1977

Type locality: Matsubara, Yamada town, Takayama city, Gifu prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene

Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Sands

Thickness: 15 - 20 m
Upper limit: Unconformity (Nyukawa Pyroclastic Flow Deposit, Obora Formation, Matsumoto Gravel Bed)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Nohi Rhyolites)

Takayama, Gifu pref.
[ Upper ]
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Obora Formation
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Kiriyama Gravel Bed
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Matsumoto Gravel Bed
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Matsubara Gravel Bed
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Matsubara, Yamada town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Shingu town - Kamiokamoto town - Matsumoto town - Katano town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.; Teramura - Kuwano, Asahi town, Takayama city, Gifu pref.

Yamada et al. (1985) Geology of the Takayama District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 111p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)
Kawada (1982) Geology of the Mikkamachi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 72p. (in Japanese with English abstract 6p.)