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Kannoki Formation Nojiri-ko Excavation Research Group, 1975

• Type locality: Kannoki, Shinano city, Kamiminochi county, Nagano prefecture
• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene
• Contemporaneous heterotopic facies: Kamiyama Loam

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Volcanic ash-rich sands, Silt, Peat
• Lithofacies (Minor): Volcanic ash
• Sedimentary structures: Stratificaiton, Foliation

• Thickness: 1 - 10 m or thicker
• Upper limit: Conformity (Nojiriko Formation, Furuma Formation)
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Ikejirigawa Debris Avalanche Deposit)

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

• Distribution: Kannoki - Rokugatsu - Nojiri - Mukaishinden, Shinano city, Kamiminochi county, Nagano pref.
• Fossils: Plants, Seeds (Menyanthes trifoliate), Insects, Diatoms, Pollen

• Nagamori et al. (2003) Geology of the Togakushi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 109p. (in Japanese with English abstract 3p.)