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Middle II Terrace Deposits

• Coherent formation
• middle - late Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Terrestrial
• Lithofacies (Top): Sands, Mud
• Lithofacies: Gravels, Sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Mud

• Thickness: A few m
• Upper limit: Loam (includes K-Tz?)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Furuto Formation)

• Distribution: Kariyata river - Ikarashi river, Sanjo city, Niigata pref.; Shinano river, Nagaoka city, Niigata pref.; Sakae, Yahiko city, Nishikanbara county, Niigata pref.; Ikenoshima, Mitsuke city, Niigata pref.

• Kudo et al. (2011) Geology of the Kamo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 162p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)
• Kobayashi et al. (2002) Geology of the Sanjo District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 98p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)