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Kane Welded Tuff Member (Ikawa and Imaoka, 2001) Imaoka et al, 2019

A part was separated as Togoroeki Welded Tuff Member and Teijogadake Welded Tuff Member.

• Type locality: Kane, Ato, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi prefecture
• Volcano-plutonic complex
• Volcanic rocks
• Late Cretaceous

• Lithofacies: Welded tuff
• Lithofacies (Bottom, Minor): Conglomerate, Tuffaceous sandstone, Mudstone

• Thickness: 800 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity (Tokusagamine Sandstone-Mudstone Member)
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Kanmon Group, Monomidake Formation)

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

• Distribution: Kane, Ato, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.; Lake Ohara - Mount Tsuzura, Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi pref.; Shinome, Ato, Yamaguchi pref. Yamaguchi pref.

• Imaoka et al. (2019) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.125, no.7, pp.529-553 DOI