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Kashiwazaki Formation Kashiwazaki Plain Research Group, 1979
- Coherent formation
- Holocene
- Lithofacies (Top): Clay, Silt, Sands
- Lithofacies (Top, Minor): Peat
- Lithofacies (Upper): Clay, Silt, Sands, Gravels
- Lithofacies (Lower): Clay, Silt
- Lithofacies (Lower, Minor): Sands, Gravels
- Thickness: 70 m or thinner
- Thickness (Top): 10 - 40 m
- Thickness (Upper): 20 - 50 m
- Thickness (Lower): 20 - 50 m
- Upper limit: Unconformity (Younger Sand Dune II)
- Lower limit: Unconformity (Younger Sand Dune I)
- Kashiwazaki Formation
- [ Upper ]
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- Top Member
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- Upper Member
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- Lower Member
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- [ Lower ]
------ Conformity, ~~~~~~ Unconformity, ~~~--- Local unconformity, '''/,, Interfingered, :::::: Fault, /--/-- Thrust, +__+__ Ground surface, ?--?-- Unknown
- Distribution: Kashiwazaki plain, Niigata pref.
- Fossils: Plants, Pollen, Diatoms, Shellfishes
- Kobayashi et al. (1995) Geology of the Kashiwazaki District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 102p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)