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Horiguchi Formation

• Type locality: Fukushima prefecture
• Coherent formation
• Miocene
• Correlation: Tsuchiyutoge Formation, Ninosawa Formation

• Lithofacies: Sandstone, Siltstone

• Lower limit: Unconformity (Cretaceous plutonic rocks)

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

• Distribution: Aizu region, Fukushima pref.

• Hasegawa et al. (2011) Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, vol.117, Supplement, pp.33-48 DOI