Inohana Member

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Inohana Member

Type locality: Inohana, Sumoto city, Hyogo prefecture
Coherent formation
Pliocene - Pleistocene (older than 3 Ma)

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial, Lacustrine
Lithofacies: Gravels
Lithofacies (Minor): Silt, Clay Sands

Thickness: ca. 50 m
Upper limit: Conformity (Aihara Member)
Lower limit: Unconformity (Granites)

Atago Formation
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Takedani Member
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Gunge Member / Tsushi Member
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Aihara Member
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Inohana Member
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Osaka Group (central Awajishima, Hyogo pref.)
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Goshikihama Formation
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Atago Formation
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Second Setouchi Supergroup (Osaka pref. - Hyogo pref.)
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Osaka Group
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Inohana - Okuhata - Aihara - Kamisakai, Sumoto city, Hyogo pref.; Ikuho - Otani - Kisokami, Awaji city, Hyogo pref.

Takahashi et al. (1992) Geology of the Sumoto District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 107p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)