Hiratoko Shell Bed

Hiratoko Shell Bed Mochizuki, 1932

Invalid synonym: Hiratoko Formtion

Type locality: Hiratoko, Shoin town, Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture
Coherent formation
Pleistocene (120 ka, Th²³⁰)
Correlation: Unoke Terrace Deposits

Sedimentary facies: Marine
Depth of water: Relatively offshore
Lithofacies: Sands, Silt

Thickness: ca. 4.5 m

Middle Terrace Deposit
[ Upper ]
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Hiratoko Shell Bed
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Uji Shell Bed
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[ Lower ]

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

Distribution: Hiratoko, Shoin town, Suzu city, Ishikawa pref.
Fossils: Shellfishes

Yoshikawa et al. (2002) Geology of the Suzumisaki, Noto-iida and Horyuzan District, Quadrangle Series, Scale 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, 76p. (in Japanese with English abstract 4p.)