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Younger Volcanic Fan Deposit

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (Last glacial period)

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies: Gravels
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sands
• Sedimentary structures: Trough cross-stratification, Parallel stratification

• Upper limit: Loam
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Older Volcanic Fan Deposit)

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

• Distribution: 200 - 500 m above sea level of eastern flank of Nekoma volcano, Fukushima pref.

• Yamamoto et al. (2006) Geology of the Kitakata District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 63p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)