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Mure Formation Suzuki, 1966

• Type locality: Not indicated
• Coherent formation
• late Pleistocene
• Correlation: Furuma Formation, Nojiriko Formation, Sasagamine Formation

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Lithofacies: Silt, Clay
• Lithofacies (Minor): Sands, Gravels, Peat, Volcanic ash

• Thickness: 6 m or thicker
• Lower limit: Unconformity (Mure Debris Avalanche Deposit)

• Distribution: Mure, Iizuna city, Kamiminochi county, Nagano pref.
• Fossils: Seeds (Menyantes trifoliate)
• Tephra: AT, DKP

• 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.)