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Younger Dune II

Abbr.: Dy-II

• Transversal dune
• Coherent formation
• Holocene

• Lithofacies: Sands
• Sedimentary structures: Cross stratification

• Thickness: 5 - 35 m
• Lower limit: Conformity (Younger Humic Soil)

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

• Distribution: North coast of Oga peninsula - Coast of north of Honshu island, Akita pref.

• Shiraishi et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.33-50 DOI
• Fujimoto et al. (2008) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.114, Supplement, pp.51-74 DOI
• Ozawa et al. (1984) Geology of the Noshiro District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 91p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)