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Nishikanbara Formaiton Minato et al., 1967

• Coherent formation
• Pleistocene (Last glacial period)

• Sedimentary facies: Freshwater (Diatoms)
• Climate: Cold (Pollen)
• Lithofacies: Interbedded silt and sands
• Lithofacies (Minor): Humic soils

• Thickness: 450 - 700 m
• Upper limit: Unconformity (Shirone Formation)

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

• Distribution: Niigata pref.
• Fossils: Diatoms, Pollen (Abies sp.)

• Kamoi et al. (2016) Geology of the Niigata and Uchino District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 90p. (in Japanese with English abstract 2p.)