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Miyazaki Formation (Fujii, 1959) Takeuchi et al., 2017

• Type locality: Kashima shrine, Miyazaki, Asahi city, Shimoniikawa county, Toyama prefecture
• Volcanic rocks
• early Pleistocene (2.44 Ma, K-Ar)
• Interfingered: middle Yokoo Formation

• Lithofacies: Hornblende-bearing orthopyroxene clinopyroxene andesite lava, Volcanic breccia, Tuff breccia

• Thickness: ca. 250 - 500 m

• Distribution: Miyazaki - Mount Shiroyama - Kofukedani valley - Hennoshima island - Nakanoshima island - Okinoshima island, Asahi city, Shimoniikawa county, Toyama pref.

• Takeuchi et al. (2017) Geology of the Tomari District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 121p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)