Horino Terrace Deposit

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Horino Terrace Deposit (Oike et al., 1966) Tuzino et al., 2018

Type locality: Mabechiriver, Kamimaisawa, Ninohe city, Iwate prefecture
Mabechi river system
Coherent formation
late Pleistocene - Holocene (9.2 ka or younger)

Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
Lithofacies: Gravels, Sands, Silt

Thickness: 180 cm or thicker
Lower limit: Unconformity (Aikawa Volcanic Rock Member)

western Ichinohe region, Iwate pref.
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Horino Terrace Deposit
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Maisawa Terrace Deposit
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Towada-Hachinohe Pyroclastic Flow Deposit
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Towada-Ofudo Pyroclastic Flow Deposit
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Kusagi Terrace Deposit
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Asanai Terrace Deposit
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------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown

Distribution: Kamimaisawa, Ninohe city, Iwate pref.

Tuzino et al. (2018) Geology of the Ichinohe District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 161p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)