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Uozu buried forest

• Type locality: Uozu harbour, Uozu city, Toyama prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Holocene (1.96 - 1.75 ka, ¹⁴C)

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Lithofacies: Sands

• Thickness: ca. 2 - 2.5 m

• Distribution: Uozu harbour, Uozu city, Toyama pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Aesculus turbinata, Calystegia soldanella, Castanea crenata, Cephalotaxus drupacea, Cryptomeria japonica, Fagus crenata, Fraxinus mandshurica var. shioji, Prunus salicifolia, Sapindus mukuroji, Styrax japonica, Zelkova serrata
• Fossils (Pollen): Alnus sp., Cryptomeria sp., Lygodium sp., Pinus sp.

• Sumi and Nozawa (1973) Geology of the Uozu District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 104p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)