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Gannyo Clay

• Coherent formation
• Lower terrace deposit
• Pleistocene

• Sedimentary facies: Lacustrine
• Sedimentary facies: Ponds between mountains
• Lithofacies: Clay, Silt
• Lithofacies (Lower): Gravel-bearing sands, Sands

• Distribution: Gannyo - Wakamidori, Kahoku city, Ishikawa pref.
• Fossils (Plants): Fagus sp., Juglans mandshurica sieboldiana

• Sumi et al. (1989) Geology of the Isurugi District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, 118p. (in Japanese with English abstract 5p.)