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Unoke Terrace Deposits (Onoyama, 1935) Sumi, 1978

• Type locality: Unoke, Kahoku city, Ishikawa prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene
• Correlation: Hiratoko Shell Bed, Kubo Formation (Himi city), Katayamazu Formation (Kaga city), Okuhara Formation (Nanao city)

• Sedimentary facies: Shallow marine
• Sedimentary facies (Minor): Eolian
• Sedimentary facies: Coastal
• Lithofacies: Sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels, Gravel-bearing sands
• Lithofacies (Bottom): Clay, Silt, Muddy sands, Peat
• Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification

• Thickness: 10 - 20 m
• Thickness (Bottom): ca. 5 m
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Udatsuyama Formation)

• Distribution: Unoke - Takamatsu - Uchitakamatsu - Yokoyama - Kasashima, Kahoku city, Ishikawa pref.
• Fossils (Bottom, Plants): Aesculus turbinate, Alnus sp., Cryptomeria japonica, Fagus crenata, Juglans ailantifolia, Styrax japonica

• Sumi (1978) Geology of the Tsubata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 55p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)