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Shiroyama Formation

Invalid synonym: Inamura Formation

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Marine
• Lithofacies: Interbedded sandstone and siltstone
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Conglomerate

• Thickness (Overall): 50 m
• Thickness (Basal conglomerate): 2 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Torigoe Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Kakuto Pyroclastic Flow Deposit)

• Distribution: Kagoshima pref.

• Uchimura et al. (2014) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.120, Supplement, pp.127-153 DOI