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Higher II Terrace Deposit

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Fluvial
• Sedimentary facies (Upper): Loam
• Sedimentary facies (Lower): Debris avalanche deposit, Hyperconcentrated flood flow deposit
• Lithofacies (Upper): Clay
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels, Sands
• Sedimentary structures: Imbrication, Trough cross-stratification

• Thickness (Upper): 3 - 7 m
• Thickness (Lower): 5.5 m or thinner

• Distribution: Yamakiya, Kawamata city, Date county, Fukushima pref.; Iitoi - Hiso, Iitate city, Soma county, Fukushima pref.; Harimichi - Domaki, Nihonmatsu city, Fukushima pref.
• Tephra: In-KTa, Az-FK, Az-SK, Ad-DK, Bn-HP1, Bn-HP2

• Kubo et al. (2015) Geology of the Kawamata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 86p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)