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Middle I Terrace Deposit

• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene, Last glacial period
• Correlation: Shimosueyoshi Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Sedimentary facies (Middle): Marine
• Lithofacies (Upper): Gravels
• Lithofacies (Middle): Gravel-bearing sands
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravels

• Thickness: ca. 5 m
• Thickness (Upper): ca. 2 m
• Thickness (Middle): ca. 2 m
• Thickness (Lower): ca. 1 m

• Distribution: Cape Chaya, Isobe, Soma city, Fukushima pref.

• Yanagisawa et al. (1996) Geology of the Somanakamura District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 114p. (in Japanese with English abstract 9p.)